In: Nursing
Calculate the following hourly dosage of heparin
(units/hr).
Order: 55,000 units of heparin in 1,000 mL D5 ½/2 NS at 25
mL/hr
units/hr = _____
In 1000 ml there are 55,000 units heparin was there,
so in 1 ml 55,000/1000 = 55 units
1 ml = 55 units of heparin was there
Infused is 25 ml/hr
So in 25 ml = 55 x 25= 1,375
55,000 units of heparin in 1,000 mL D5 ½ /2 NS at 25 mL/hr
units/hr = 1,375