Math calculations test next week, HELP ME!

the client is to receive an ivpb of penicillin 1 million units every 12 hours. available is penicillin 1 million units in 100 ml of iv fluid. the drop factor is 10 gtts/ml. the medication is to infuse in 30 minutes through an iv pump. the nurse would program the infusion rate at how many ml/hour?

the tricky part of math calculations is that they give you a lot of unnecessary things, so that's why i always use this method b/c you can never go wrong.

always start with labeling what you want to get:

ml =

hr

then always put next what is available (match the top abbreviation with the other top i.e. ml = 100 ml) - i do it this way because now you know that you only want ml/hr so the set of #s that you will multiply it against will need to have a mins in there so you can cancel it out and end up with ml/hr:

ml = 100 ml

hr 30 mins

then convert those minutes to hours:

ml = 100 ml x 60 mins

hr 30 mins 1 hr

cancel the mins out and you get 200 ml/hr...don't forget to always label your results.

i use this method of always started out with what i want and it works for everything gtt/min, ml/hr, tab, cap, ml, etc.

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