ATI Dosage Calculation and Safe Medication Administration 3.0 - Parenteral (IV) Medications

ATI Dosage Calculation and Safe Medication Administration 3.0 - Parenteral (IV) Medications A nurse is preparing to administer lactated Ringer's 2 L to infuse over 16 hours. The drop factor of the manual IV tubing is 10 gtt/mL. The nurse should set the manual IV infusion to deliver how many gtt/min? (Round to the nearest whole number.) - ~ANSWER 21 gtt/min Rationale: 1. (10 gtt/mL) x (2,000 mL/16 hours) x (1 hour/60 min) = x 2. x = 20. gtt/min 3. x = 21 gtt/min (rounded) A nurse is preparing to administer 0.9% sodium chloride (0.9% NaCl) 1 L to infuse over 5 hours. The nurse should set the IV pump to deliver how many mL/hour? - ~ANSWER 200 mL/hour Rationale: 1. 1,000 mL/5 hours = x 2. x = 200 mL/hour A nurse is preparing to administer ceftriaxone 2 g by intermittent IV bolus every 24 hours. Available is ceftriaxone injection 2 g in dextrose 5% in water 100 mL to infuse over 30 minutes. The nurse should set the IV pump to deliver how many mL/hour? - ~ANSWER 200 mL/hour Rationale: 1. (100 mL/30 min) x (60 min/1 hour) = x 2. x = 200 mL/hour A nurse is preparing to administer clindamycin 300 mg by intermittent IV bolus every 8 hours. Available is clindamycin injection 300 mg in 0.9% sodium chloride (0.9% NaCl) 50 mL to infuse over 45 minutes. The nurse should set the IV pump to deliver how many mL/hour? (Round to the nearest whole number.) - ~ANSWER 67 mL/hour Rationale: 1. (50 mL/45 min) x (60 min/1 hour) = x 2. x = 66.66667 mL/hour 3. x = 67 mL/hour (rounded)