A nurse is preparing to administer 0.9% sodium chloride (0.9…
A nurse is preparing to administer 0.9% sodium chloride (0.9% NaCl) 1.5 L IV to infuse over 6 hr. The drop factor of the manual IV tubing is 20 gtt/mL. The nurse should set the manual IV infusion to deliver how many gtt/min? Type numeric answer only, no label.
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A pregnant patient has just been diagnosed with chlamydia at her 32 week check up. It is determined that the benefits of treatment in pregnancy outweigh the risks of non-treatment. When the patient sees the prescription she states, “When I had a chlamydia infection before pregnancy I was treated with tetracycline and it worked really well. I’d rather take tetracycline again since I know that it worked well instead of this new medication.” What response by the nurse would be most appropriate?
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