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Pitocin Calculation HELP!!!

I am just a little confused. My professor was not quite clear on the instuctions of how to calculate the pitocin. I will give a practice qestion. Any help would be great.

The MD orders the pitocin drip to begin at 2 miliunits of pitocin per minute. The NS 1000 mL has 10 units of pitocin. What is your IV rate?:banghead:

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    Hope this helps. And I hope its right. Here goes

    First figure your concentration--10u/1000ml

    Multiply that by 1min/.002u (which is 2 miliunits i think)

    Then multiply that answer by 60 (60 min in 1 hour) to get your answer in ml/hr.

    I got .3 ml/hr.

    I'm sorry if it's wrong or if i confused you. Just trying to help.

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    the md orders the pitocin drip to begin at 2 miliunits of pitocin per minute. the ns 1000 ml has 10 units of pitocin. what is your iv rate?

    it is standard to put 10 units of pitocin (oxytocin) in a liter of fluid. there are 1000 milliunits per 1 unit.

    1000 ml/10 units
    (dose on hand)
    x 1 unit/1000 mu
    (conversion factor)
    x 2 mu/minute
    (dose desired)
    x 60 minutes/hour
    (conversion factor)
    =
    12 ml/hour
    (iv rate)

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