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2. 1. The provider orders Oxytocin to be started at 2 MU/min at 0500. You are to increase the Oxytocin 2 MU/min every 30 minutes. There is 30 units of Oxytocin in 1000mL of LR.
1unit= 1000mu
60min = 1 hr
1 unit÷ 1000 mu = 1
60 min÷ 1 hr=1
2mu/ min= 1u/1000 mu= 60 min/1 hr= 1000 ml/ 30u
(2mu/ min is the initial rate .
2mu = 1 u/ 1000 mu
Min= 60min/hr)
Cancel mu, min, and unit from both up and down side. Cancel both 1000 from top and bottom.
Divide 60÷ 30 = 2
2× 2 =4 ml/hr
Initially 4 ml/hr @ 5
@5:30 , 4+4 = 8ml/ hr
@6:35, 4 × 4 = 16 ml/ hr( 4+4+4+4=16 every 30 min 4ml to be increased.)