The physician ordered 500 mL NS to infuse at 175 mL/hr for a patient with vomiting. Calculate the flow rate in gtts/min (tubing: 15 gtts/min.) (NOTE: Round to the nearest whole number.)
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1 hour = 60 minutes So, 175 mL/hr = 175 mL/60 min Now, we need to find out how many gtts/min we need to set the flow rate at, using the tubing with a drop factor of 15 gtts/mL. We know that 175 mL will be infused in 60 minutes, so we can set up a proportion to Show more…
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