Can Someone PLEASE help me with this one Dose Cal Problem???

[chicksy]

Docter orders Pitocin 10 units in 1000 ml of Normal Saline to infuse at 6 milliunits (mU) per minute. The drop factor of the tubing is is 15 gtts=1 ml. How many ml/hr should the infusion be set at? (NOTE: 1000mU=1U)

I AM STUMPED!!!

[dudette10, MSN, RN]

Hint: the drip factor is a distractor because the answer desired is in ml/hr.

All your fractions are in the problem, except you'll have to add one more to the dimensional analysis equation to get all the labels to cancel out correctly. The one you need to add is 60 min/1hr.

So you need to work with 6mU/1min, 10u/1000ml, 1000mU/1u, and 60min/1hr.

Set up your dimensional analysis problem concentrating on getting the labels to cancel out so you're left with only ml/hr.

Good luck.

[2ndyearstudent, CNA]

Docter orders Pitocin 10 units in 1000 ml of Normal Saline to infuse at 6 milliunits (mU) per minute. The drop factor of the tubing is is 15 gtts=1 ml. How many ml/hr should the infusion be set at? (NOTE: 1000mU=1U)

I AM STUMPED!!!

Look in your book for D/H x Q = Rate method for solving this.

Hint: you dont need the drop factor to figure this out.

The answer will be 36 ml/hr, but your dosage calc book will give you a very good description of how to do this calculation. Read it.

[chicksy]

Omg .....thank you!!!!!!! You guys are awesome. I really appreciate this!