The physician's order reads vancomycin (Vancocin) 500 mg in 250 mL of 5% dextrose in water...

The physician's order reads vancomycin (Vancocin) 500 mg in 250 mL of 5% dextrose in water and administer over 2 hours. The drop factor is 10 drops/mL. A nurse sets the flow rate at how many drops per minute? (Round answer to the nearest whole number. Do not put a label after the nearest whole number -- 300 "drops per minute")

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ANSWER.

* Calculation of drops per minute(gtt/min).

Formula

Drops per minute(gtt/min) = Volume(ml)/Time(min) * Drop factor(gtt/ml).

Here

Volume(ml) = 250 ml.

Time = 2 hr.

Convert hr to min for calculation

1 hr = 60 min.

Time(min) = 2 * 60

= 120 min.

Drop factor = 10 drops /ml.

As per above fromula

Drops per min(gtt/min) = 250/120 * 10

= 2.08 * 10

= 20.8

= 21.

Nightingale answered 1 year ago

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