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Question 1

The physician orders an IV infusion of D5W 1000 ml to infuse over the next eight hours. The IV tubing that you are using delivers 15gtt/min. What is the correct rate of flow?

Answer 1

31gtt/min

Question 2

A patient, admitted with a head injury, has an order for D5NS at 25 ml/hour. The IV tubing has a calibration of 10gtt/ml. What is the correct rate of flow for this patient?

Answer 2

4gtt/min

Question 3

Your patient has an order to infuse 100 ml of D51/2NS with 10MEq of KCl over the next thirty minutes. The set calibration is 10gtt/ml. What is the correct rate of flow for this patient?

Answer 3

33gtt/min

Question 4

The order reads: “Over the next 4 hours, infuse 500 ml of 5% Dextrose in Normal Saline. Add 20 MEq of KCl to solution.” You know that the IV tubing set is calibrated to deliver 10gtt/ml. In drops per minute, what is the rate of flow?

Answer 4

21gtt/min

Question 5

The 10am medications scheduled for your patient include Keflex 1.5 G in 50 ml of a 5% Dextrose solution. According to the pharmacy, this preparation should be administered in thirty minutes. The IV tubing on your unit delivers 15 gtts per milliliter. What is the correct rate of flow in drops per minute?

Answer 5

25gtt/min

Question 6

1000cc solution of D5NS with 20,000 units of Heparin is infusing at 20ml per hour. The IV set delivers 60 gtts per cc. How many units of Heparin is the patient receiving each hour?

Answer 6

1000mL 20mL/h
———- = ———
20,000u X

X = 400u/hr

Question 7

our patient has an order to receive 800 units of Heparin per hour by continuous intravenous infusion. If the pharmacy mixes the IV bag to contain a total of 5,000 units of Heparin in 500 ml of D5W, how many cc’s per minute should the patient receive?

Answer 7

800u/h 5000u
———- = ———-
X 500mL

80u/min

Question 8

The physician orders an IV infusion of D5W 1000 ml to infuse over the next eight hours. The IV tubing that you are using delivers 10 gtt/ml. What is the correct rate of flow (drops per minute)?

Answer 8

21gtt/min

Question 9

A patient, admitted with a head injury, has an order to start 1000cc of D5NS at 30ml/hour. The IV tubing has a calibration of 60 gtt/ml. What is the correct rate of flow for this patient?

Answer 9

30gtt/min

Question 10

Your patient has an order to infuse 100 ml of D51/2NS with 40 MEq of KCl over the next 60 minutes. The set calibration is 15 gtt/ml. What is the correct rate of flow for this patient?

Answer 10

25gtt/min

Question 11

The 10am medications scheduled for your patient include Keflex 2.0 g in 100 ml of a 5% Dextrose solution. According to the pharmacy, this preparation should be administered in thirty minutes. The IV tubing on your unit delivers 10 gtts per milliliter. What is the correct rate of flow in drops per minute?

Answer 11

33gtt/min

Question 12

The physician orders 1.5 liters of Lactated Ringers solution to be administered intravenously to your patient over the next 12 hours. Calculate the rate of flow if the IV tubing delivers 20gtt/ml.

Answer 12

42gtt/min

Question 13

The physician writes an order of 80mL of pre-mixed Keflex added to a 500mL bag of NS to be infused over 6 hours. The tubing delivers at 10gtt/mL. What is the flow rate?

Answer 13

16gtt/min

Add the 80mL to the 500mL bag = 580mL

Question 14

The doctor orders KCl 40mEq infused over 50 minutes from a 100mL bag of 5% dextrose solution. The IV tubing delivers 10 gtt/mL, but the order if for a microdrop at 60gtt/mL. What is the flow rate of this medication?

Answer 14

120gtt/min

Question 15

500cc solution of D5NS with 5,000 units of Heparin is infusing at 18ml per hour. The IV set delivers 15 gtts per cc. How many units of Heparin is the patient receiving each hour?

Answer 15

500mL 18mL
———- = ——–
5000u X

X = 180u/h

Question 16

Your patient has an order to infuse 1500 ml of D51/2NS with 10MEq of KCl over the next 18 hours. The set calibration is 15gtt/ml. What is the correct rate of flow for this patient?

Answer 16

21gtt/min

Question 17

A patient, admitted with an abdominal injury and has lost around 145mL through bleeding. You have an order to start 1500cc of D5NS at 110ml/hour. The IV tubing has a calibration of 60 gtt/ml. What is the correct rate of flow for this patient?

Answer 17

110gtt/min

Question 18

A 17 year old patient was in a severe crash and has multiple fractures. the relieve their pain the physician orders you to hang a 100mL bag of NS over 45 minutes and add 10mg of Morphine to the bag. The pharmacy offer a suspension of 10mg morphine in a 15mL vial. The tubing has a calibration of 15gtt/mL. What is the flow rate of this drug?

Answer 18

100mL + 15mL = 115mL

38gtt/min

Question 19

The physician orders an IV infusion of D5W 1500 ml to infuse over the next 16 hours. The IV tubing that you are using delivers 60 gtt/ml. What is the correct rate of flow (drops per minute)?

Answer 19

94gtt/min

Question 20

The 7am medications scheduled for your patient include Amiodorone 45 mg in 250 ml of NS. According to the pharmacy, this preparation should be administered in 90 minutes. The IV tubing on your unit delivers 10 gtts per milliliter. What is the correct rate of flow in drops per minute?

Answer 20

28gtt/min