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2025 Questions and Answers
A patient is ordered to start an IV Dopamine drip at 5 mcg/kg/min. The patient
weighs
180 lbs. You have a bag of Dopamine that reads 400 mg/250 mL. What will you set
the IV pump drip rate (mL/hr) at?
A. 0.3 mL/hr
B. 15.3 mL/hr
C. 16.9 mL/hr
D. 32 mL/hr {{Correct Ans- B. 15.3 mL/hr
A patient is ordered to start an IV Dopamine drip at 15 mcg/kg/min. The patient
weighs 270 lbs. You have a bag of Dopamine that reads 800 mg/500 mL. What will
you set the IV pump drip rate (mL/hr) at?
A. 69 mL/hr
B. 1.2 mL/hr
C. 34.5 mL/hr
D. 62 mL/hr {{Correct Ans- A. 69 mL/hr
A patient is ordered to start an IV Dopamine drip at 5 mcg/kg/min. The patient
weighs
, 57 kg. You have a bag of Dopamine that reads 400 mg/250 mL. What will you set
the IV pump drip rate (mL/hr) at?
A. 12 mL/hr
B. 10.7 ml/hr
C. 0.2ml/hr
D. 20.5 ml/hr {{Correct Ans- A. 12 mL/hr
A patient is ordered to start an IV Dopamine drip at 10 mcg/kg/min. The patient
weighs 198 lbs. You have a bag of Dopamine that reads 200 mg/250 mL. What will
you set the IV pump drip rate (mL/hr) at?
A. 1.2 ml/hr
B. 67.5 ml/hr
C. 39 ml/hr
D. 6 ml/hr {{Correct Ans- B. 67.5 ml/hr
A patient is ordered to start an IV Dopamine drip at 10 mcg/kg/min. The patient
weighs 120 lbs. You have a bag of Dopamine that reads 800 mg/500 mL. What will
you set the IV pump drip rate (mL/hr) at?
A. 9 ml/hr
B. 15.3 ml/hr
C. 0.3 ml/hr