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1. A nurse is preparing to administer dobuta- 9.8 mL/hour
mine 2.5 mcg/kg/min by continuous IV infu-
sion to a client who weighs 65 kg. The amount Rationale:
available is dobutamine 250 mg/250 mL. 1. (0.0025 mg/kg/min) x (65
The nurse should set the IV pump to kg) =
deliver how 0.1625 mg/min
many mL/hour? (Round to the nearest tenth.) 2. (0.1625 mg/min) x (250
mL/250 mg)
x (60 min/1 hour) = 9.75 ml/hour
3. 9.75 mL/hour = 9.8 mL/hour
(round- ed)
2. A nurse is preparing to administer 68.4 mL/hour
nitroprus- side 4 mcg/kg/min by
continuous IV infusion to a client who Rationale:
weighs 57 kg. Available is ni- 1. (0.004 mg/kg/min) x (57 kg)
troprusside 50 mg in 250 mL D5W. The = 0.228 mg/min
nurse should set the IV pump to 2. (0.228 mg/min) x (250
deliver how many mL/hour? (Round to mL/50 mg) x
the nearest tenth.) (60 min/1 hour) = 68.4 mL/hour
600
3. A nurse is preparing to administer 0.9%
sodi- um chloride 300 mL IV over 30
mL/hour
minutes to a client. The nurse should
set the IV pump to deliver how many Rationale:
mL/hour? 1. 300 mL/30 minutes x 60
minutes/1
hour = 600 mL/hour
4. A nurse is preparing to administer 0.45% sodi- 375 mL/hour
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um chloride 750 mL IV to infuse over 2 hours
to a client. The nurse should set the IV Rationale:
pump to deliver how many mL/hour? 1. 750 ml/2 hours = x
2. x = 375 mL/hour
5. A nurse is preparing to administer potassium 25 mL/hour
chloride 40 mEq to infuse over 4 hours to a
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