What would the IV rate be...?

I really think you're just over thinking this. Looks like a TKO sort of thing. It's 17ml/hr. Get some rest!

You are missing the rate. If it is TKO, it should say TKO.

...but if this was all you were given, would you say 17mL/hr...?

You're correct with 17ml/hr. You're over thinking it which is so easy to do with med math. "Every 6 hours" is pretty much the same as "over 6 hours." Just like you, I dont like the wording "every" if it's an IV rate and not referring to a PO med or an injection of some sort.

If you're giving 100ml every 6 hours the rate should be the same per hour so,

100ml/6 hours = 17ml/hr

it seems to me that there is a lot of information missing in this question.

this part of the medical plan of care is unclear and not to standard as written.

what you would do is call the person who wrote it and ask for clarification thus: "was that a hundred cc per hour for six hours, or seventeen cc per hour for six hours?" the cc/hr should be given for all ivs. although you sometime see, "1l / 8 hours," it should still say, "125cc/hr."

if this is a homework assignment i'd work it out both ways and turn in both of them, with your rationale. that should be a flag to the person writing the lab quizzes that ivs are written differently and get you a kudos for critical thinking (yes, "kudos" is singular) you can tell them i said so .

@GrnTea, you are *right* on.... except that my prof won't listen to the students telling her that she, well, STINKS at writing questions. She says to "work things out according to your best critical thinking and pick one" (answer). It's kinda ridiculous, but she just won't listen to us when we tell her we *can't* (work it out). SO frustrating!

Nashgirl, it sounds like you go to the same school as me lol. Our current instructors are terrible at writing questions but will have none of it if we try to explain why the questions are improper.

My answer would be: 17 mL/hour unless M.D. specifies a different rate to be administered Q6h.

Thanks everyone... I submitted 17mL/hr... doubt she'll even let us know what she was looking for, but... *shrug* Only two more weeks til Christmas break!! :whoop, whoop!:

I don't think this is a TKO order... 17 ml/hr??? That doesn't seem right. If you are to provide 100 ml of solution x EVERY 6 hours and not OVER 6 hours. But what the run time be? Over 15 minutes, 30 minutes???

I would need more information from the Doc