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1.A patient has an order for oxytocin 30 units in 1,000 mL of D5W to begin at 1 milliunit /min and then increase by 2 milliunits/min every 15 minutes until regular contractions occur. Maximum dose is 30 mU/min. Calculate the flow rate in milliliters per hour for a) initial /beginning infusion and b) maximum infusion.
Round your answer to the nearest whole number.
a) 2ml/hr / 60 mL/hr
b) 20ml/hr /60 mL/hr
C) 0.2 ml/hr / 60mL/hr
d) 2mL/hr / 60 ml/hr
2. A patient has an order for oxytocin 10 units in 1,000 ml of D5w to begin at 2 milliunits/min and then increase by 2 milliunits/min every 20 minutes until regular contractions occur. Maximum dose is 30 mU/min. Calculate the flow rate in millimeters per hour for a) initial/beginning infusion, and b) maximum infusion.
Round your answer to nearest whole number.
a) 12 mL/hr / 180 mL/hr
b) 12mL/hr / 18 mL/hr
c) 12mL/hr /18 ml/hr
d) 120 mL/hr / 180 mL/hr