Sweetnlow1

By the way, just in case if your'e curious, I did pass.

I took the NCLEX in 2005. Not only did I answer 85 questions, try adding 118 questions to that total. (203) I walked away thinkin "What the heck did I just do???" I never felt more flustered and irratic in my life! I was sure I BOMBED it. I just stared at the computer screen after it shut off and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It was insane. I feel ya. (\_/) (o.o) (>

So, I'm pretty new at all this, but I have a question, even though I am only an LPV/LVN- it's a IV Cal. and I can't seem to figure it out... it's from a study guide... Here goes: The Nurse is caring for a patient whose IV has been regulated to deliver 35 drops per minute of D5/NS. The drop factor of the infusion set is 15 drops/ml. The nurse recognizes that the amount absorbed in 1 hour will be ___________ ml. At this rate, 1000 ml will be absorbed in _________hours. So, I have the formula of Drip rate/ 60 multiplied by total volume/ #of hours.... I've calculated so far, that it would be 2100 gtts/hour... divided by the drip rate (15) that would equal 140 ml. BUT... the study guide says the answer is 714. For the second half, I've taken 1000 and divided it by 140, equaling 7... (or just about) but the study guide answer says it's 7 hours and 8 minutes exactly. I'm going to take this test on friday morning... and I've sat and tried to figure this out.... any help would be appreicated!Thanks!:uhoh21: