The nurse is caring for a client who has an order for a dopa…
The nurse is caring for a client who has an order for a dopamine infusion to run at 5 mcg/kg/min IV to keep the MAP > 60. The client weighs 300 pounds. The nurse has an IV bag of dopamine 400 mg per 500 mL D5W available. The nurse knows to set the IV pump to infuse at ___ mLs/hour. Record your answer using a whole number.
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The physician has ordered 1500 mL of Lactated Ringer’s (LR) to be infused over 6 hours for a patient with hypovolemia. You are using a gravity tubing set with a drip factor of 15 gtt/mL. You calculate the flow rate to be ___ gtts/min. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.
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