need help with this dosage pls :(

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Rather rude comment. I can fully believe that at a time of exhaustion and over studying something "simple" can elude someone.....

tigerlily777

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Oh great! Thank you! That was very re-assuring. Good luck on getting your RN title if you're still a student. I'm SURE you're gonna ace all the calculations on your exam. :D

KelRN215, BSN, RN

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Specializes in Pedi.
I know the right answer is 60 ml/hr but I just couldn't figure out the solution. That's why I asked for help here. I have spent an hour stuck in this question so I'm begging for your help.

The answer is 60 mL/hr, you are right about that.

You have 20 units in 1000 mL. 20 units is 20,000 milliunits. (1 milliunit = 1/1000 of a unit.) So you have 20,000 milliunits/1,000 mL which means you have 20 milliunits/1 mL. You want to infuse 20 milliunits/min so you infuse 1 mL/min. 60 minutes in an hour equals 60 mL/hr.

That's where I was wrong. Darn zero. Miss one and you're screwed. LOL. We have smart pumps. LOL

This is a great website that helps you nail down those formulas: DosageHelp.com - Helping Nursing Students Learn Dosage Calculations Good luck next week.

seanynjboy, BSN

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Specializes in Medical-Surgical, Supervisory, HEDIS, IT.
That's where I was wrong. Darn zero. Miss one and you're screwed. LOL. We have smart pumps. LOL

We as nurses rely too much on Smart Pumps :)

What happens when the power goes out? Happened in a hospital I worked in (and the generators were not working properly). We had to calculate EVERYTHING on paper for the nurses because they forgot how to do it (That is when I was working in a pharmacy on night shift - THAT WAS A FUN NIGHT!) :)

Moral of story - be nice to pharmacy! :)

seanynjboy, BSN

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Specializes in Medical-Surgical, Supervisory, HEDIS, IT.

Hey, if you ever need help with a calculation, let me know, I used to teach pharmacy/med math to pharm tech students :)

Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN

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Apparently they moved my post to a different thread. Okay. Truth of the matter is I only created an account here so that someone could help me with this question. I've been lurking around for a few weeks in the NCLEX discussion board because I'm taking mine next week and I was happy that nurses/BSNs were willing to help each other out on a question (I saw that morphine question and everyone were discussing their rationales which was awesome and very helpful on my part). I've been answering questions and I stumbled upon this one. Spent an hour and still couldn't get the solution. I hope someone would help me. This question has been bothering me since yesterday. Anyway, if no one's willing to break it down for me then I'll just hope and pray I won't get this question on my NCLEX. Cheers! :)

We are always happy to help with any assistance whether you are a student or not. AN is a great resource throughout your career. We request that you show whatever work you have done to get the answer so we know how to best help you. What part of the equation is confusing you the most. Us giving you the answer will not help you learn how to answer the question when you take boards....this is a common calculation.

In practice....there are NO mistakes allowed....EVER. We just want to help you the best nurse you can be.

This site will help you a ton!

DosageHelp.com - Helping Nursing Students Learn Dosage Calculations

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We as nurses rely too much on Smart Pumps :)

What happens when the power goes out? Happened in a hospital I worked in (and the generators were not working properly). We had to calculate EVERYTHING on paper for the nurses because they forgot how to do it (That is when I was working in a pharmacy on night shift - THAT WAS A FUN NIGHT!) :)

Moral of story - be nice to pharmacy! :)

It's also a case of relying too much on others and taking their word for it (on the ratio). As soon as I realized my mistake I thought the same thing you posted!

Specializes in Pediatrics.

We as nurses rely too much on Smart Pumps :)

What happens when the power goes out? Happened in a hospital I worked in (and the generators were not working properly). We had to calculate EVERYTHING on paper for the nurses because they forgot how to do it (That is when I was working in a pharmacy on night shift - THAT WAS A FUN NIGHT!) :)

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We also rely way too much on the EHR to give us the calculations (ml/hr to infuse), time to infuse, mg/kg strength, and solution to infuse it in. As a professor, ,ore often than not, students will prefer to answer all of my questions based on what they are reading in the order. When I ask the, how they arrived at their answer, I often here "it's in the order". Little do they know that in the olden days, the order had none of that info!

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