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Hi and thank you for the suggestions. I will definitely look into that book. In regards to the problem, I had a friend help me, and we did 50 drops/min times 150 mins divided by 60 drops/mL, and we came up with 125mL infused so far.
You are correct.
50 drops/min x 60 min/hr = 300 drops/hr divided by 60 drops/mL = 50 mL/hr. For two and a half hours, that would be 125 mL.
I always recommend stopping and drawing pictures to get a feel for the problem before you start flailing around in fear of setting up an equation wrong. Often that can settle you down and give you a ballpark idea of the magnitude of the answer.
In this case, you might think to yourself, Hmmm.... if there are 60gtts/cc, and if the thing were running at 60gtts/min, then I'd be giving one cc per minute, and in two and a half hours, that'd be, lessee here, 150 minutes, 150cc.
But it's running slower than that, at 50gtts/min, so my answer is going to have to be less than 150cc, isn't it?
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Hi Everyone! I am about to start my accelerated nursing program soon, and I'm extremely excited and nervous. I was given a pre-worksheet on dosage calculations to do, and I am slightly overwhelmed because I'm not so great in math. I have gotten all of my questions right, except I am having trouble with one problem, and I was hoping someone could help me with the formula to figuring it out? The questions is regarding an IV infusion that was started at 9AM at 50 drops/minute, and the set delivers 60 drops/mL. After two and a half hours (11:30), how many mL of fluid should have been infused so far?
I'm coming up with 100mL, but I'm not sure if I did my calculations correct. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!