My friend got this on her pre-employment meds test, and it has both of us stumped. I even showed it to two people at work and we all came up with the same answer, which is not one of the choices listed.
A nitro drip at 24 mcg/min is ordered. The pharmacy sends a bottle of 250 ml D5W with 8 mg of nitro. The drip factor for the nitro tubing is 60 gtts/ml. What would be the flow rate for this IV?
A) 28 gtts/min
B) 36 gtts/min
C) 43 gtts/min
D) 47 gtts/min
We all came up with 45 gtts/min. What do you get?