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Problems |
| 1. When you come on duty at 0800 hrs, there are 300 mL left in your patient's IV. It is infusing at 75 mL/hr on the PLUM infusion pump. At what time do you anticipate needing a new IV bag? |
| 2. Order: D5W 1000 mL q6h IV
What is the flow rate if there is an infusion pump? ________ mL/hr |
| 3. Order: Add Aminophylline 500 mg to 500 mL D5W
Supply: Aminophylline 25 mg/mL Add ________mL to the D5W bag. |
| 4. Order: Infuse 500 mL packed RBC's within 4 hours.
Drop factor is 10 gtt/ mL Flow rate: _________ gtt/min |
| 5. Order: Infuse 1L NS @ 150 mL/hr
Drop factor: 15 gtt/ mL Flow rate: ________ gtt/min |
| 6. Order: Ringer's Lactate 1000 mL over 12 hours using an
infusion pump.
Flow rate: _________ mL/hr |
| 7. Order: Vancomycin 1g q12 hours
Supply: Vancomycin 1 g in 250 mL D5W to be given over 1 hour Flow rate: ________ mL/hr on the PLUM infusion pump |
| 8. At 1130 hrs, your patient has 150 mL left in his IV bag. It is infusing at 30 gtt/min. Drop factor is 15 gtt/mL. Do you have enough IV solution left to go to lunch (30 min) now, without changing the IV bag? |
| 9. Give 1 L NS over 8 hours.
Drop factor: 15 gtt/ mL Flow rate: ________ gtt/ min |
| 10. Infuse 1 g Kefzol in 50 mL D5W over 20 min.
Set the PLUM infusion pump at ________mL/hr. |
| 11. Order: 2000 mL Ringer's Lactate (RL) to run for 16
hours.
Drop factor 10 gtt/mL Flow rate _____ gtt/min _____ mL/hr |
| 12. Order: 1000 mL D5W to run for 10 hours
Drop factor 20 gtt/mL Flow rate _____ gtt/min _____ mL/hr |
| 13. Order: 500 mL D5NS to run at 50 mL/hr
How many hours will this IV run? Drop factor 15 gtt/mL Flow rate: _____ gtt/min |
| 14. Order: 2500 mL D5RL to run at 125 mL/hr
How long will this IV run? Drop factor 10 gtt/mL Flow rate: ____ gtt/min |
| 15. Order: 2 g Tazidine in 100 mL D5W to infuse over 45
min
Drop factor 20 gtt/mL Flow rate _____ gtt/min _____ mL/hr |
| 16. Order: 300 mg Kanamycin IV in 100 mL D5W to run over
30 min
Drop factor 15 gtt/mL Flow rate _____ gtt/min _____ mL/hr |
| 17. Order 1 g Vancomycin IV in 250 mL D5W to infuse over 1
hour
Drop factor 15 gtt/mL Flow rate _____ gtt/min The IV is positional and often slows down. After putting it on an infusion pump, the flow rate should be _____ mL/hr |
| 18. Order: Tobramycin 60 mg IV in 60 mL D5W to be infused
over one hour.
Drop factor of the Buretrol is 60 gtt/mL Flow rate _____ gtt/min |
| 19. At 0800 the patient has 400 mL IV solution infusing at 75 mL/hr. At what time do you anticipate the IV bag will be empty? |
| 20. At 0300 there was 250 mL D5W left in the IV bag.
The ordered rate was 50 mL/hr. At 0700, just as you change shifts,
the IV bag is empty. What can you conclude about the flow rate?
a. Too slow b. Too fast c. On schedule |
Key
1. 1200 hrs 2. 167 mL/hr 3. 20 mL 4. 21 gtt/min 5. 38 gtt/min 6. 83 mL/hr 7. 250 mL/hr 8. Yes, the IV will last 75 min. 9. 31 gtt/min 10. 150 mL/hr 11. 21 gtt/min 125 mL/hr
12. 33 gtt/min 100 mL/hr
13. 10 hours 12 gtt/min
14. 20 hours 21 gtt/min
15. 44 gtt/min 133 mL/hr
16. 50 gtt/min 200 mL/hr
17. 62 gtt/min 250 mL/hr
18. 60 gtt/min 19. 1320 20. Too fast. It should have run until 0800
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