I have 2 IV Pitocin Problems I need help with...

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ha! I got the same answers as Heart...:yeah:

I don't think the 40 gtt/min on the first one is right either..I too got 32 and it seems weird that the drop factor given is 40 gtt/ml (was that wrong?) AND the answer is 40. Hmmm. Either the wording of the question is wrong, or the answer sheet is wrong..

These q's are so dumb. Most of your calculations in school are much easier and much more practical. And like the others said, you don't even use some of this in real life. But I guess that is nursing school too, lol

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Are your units correct? Did you mean to say 48 mL/hr for the second part of question 1?

If I were to work the problem using the answer sheet's result of 40 gtt/min for part 1 of question 1, my result for part 2 of question 1 would be 60 mL/hr. There may have been an error in the answer key seeing that the drop factor was 40gtt/mL

I encountered several errors in the answer key of the math book I was using. That can be very frustrating when you know you have all your units in the right place.:no: Good luck.

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