A provider has ordered that the patient receive PotassiumChloride (KCL) 40 meq/1000mL IV now. The...

A provider has ordered that the patient receive Potassium Chloride (KCL) 40 meq/1000mL IV now. The nurse cannot find an IV pump, so he will need to administer the infusion via gravity over 5 hours. If the IV tubing the nurse uses has a drop factor of 15 gtts/mL, at what rate should the IV be regulated?

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rate of infusion= total volume ×dropfactor /time in minute

=1000×15/5×60

=15000/300=50 drops per minute

total volume 1000ml

dropfactor 15

time 5 hrs= 5×60 minutes

Nightingale answered 1 year ago

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