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### Heparin Infusions 24. The patient's Heparin is infusing at 28 ml/hr on an infusion pump. The bag of fluid is mixed with 20,000 units of Heparin in 500 ml D5W. Calculate how many units of heparin the patient is receiving hourly. Round to the nearest whole number for your final answer. - A. 1120...

### Heparin Infusions 24. The patient's Heparin is infusing at 28 ml/hr on an infusion pump. The bag of fluid is mixed with 20,000 units of Heparin in 500 ml D5W. Calculate how many units of heparin the patient is receiving hourly. Round to the nearest whole number for your final answer. - A. 1120 units/hour - B. 2120 units/hour - C. 3120 units/hour - **D. 4120 units/hour** 25. A health care provider prescribes 1,200 mL of 0.45% normal saline solution to be infused at 125 mL/hour. The drop factor is 12 drops/mL. How many drops per minute should the nurse adjust the flow rate to safely administer the prescribed intravenous solution? Round off your final answer to the nearest whole number. - A. 10 gtts/minute - B. 15 gtts/minute - C. 20 gtts/minute - **D. 25 gtts/minutes** 26. A healthcare provider's order reads infusion of 2,750 mL of 0.45% normal saline at 150 mL per hour. The drop factor is 15 drops per mL. The nurse will set the flow rate at how many drops per minute to safely administer the IV solution? - A. 28 gtts/minute - B. 38 gtts/minute - C. 48 gtts/minute - **D. 58 gtts/minute** 27. How many drops per minute will you infuse if the order reads: "Infuse 3/4 L of D5W over 5 hours and 45 minutes". The drop factor is 60 gtts/mL. Record your final answer to the nearest whole number. - A. 130 gtts/minute - B. 140 gtts/minute - C. 140 gtts/minute - **D. 150 gtts/minute** 28. Nurse Jeff will infuse 1 liter of lactated ringer's solution at 125 ml/hr via gravity flow using tubing calibrated at 15 gtt/ml. Calculate for the infusion time and provide the flow rate in drops per minute. Record your answer using a whole number. - A. 11 gtts/minute - B. 21 gtts/minute - C. 31 gtts/minute - **D. 41 gtts/minute** 29. A healthcare provider orders 1 liter of NSS to be infused over 24 hours using a microdrip that has a drop factor of 60 gtts/mL. You will set the flow rate at how many drops per minute to accomplish this order? Round your answer to the nearest whole number. - A. 11 gtts/minute - B. 22 gtts/minute - C. 32 gtts/minute - **D. 42 gtts/minute** 30. At the change of shift, you notice 200 ml left to count in your patient's IV bag. The IV is infusing at 80 ml/hr. How much longer in hours will the IV run? Record your final answer using one decimal place. - A. 2.5 hours - B. 3.0 hours - C. 3.5 hours - **D. 4 hours** 31. The patient is ordered an IV of 1,000 ml of Normal Saline over 8 hours. At what rate would you set the IV pump in milliliters per hour? Round to the nearest whole number for the final answer. - A. 124 milliliters/hour - **B. 125 milliliters/hour** - C. 126 milliliters/hour - D. 127 milliliters/hour 32. The patient is ordered an IV of 1000 ml of Normal Saline over 8 hours. How many drops per minute would you set the gravity IV tubing with a drip factor of 15 drops/ml? Round to the nearest whole number for the final answer. - A. 31 gtts/minute - B. 41 gtts/minute - C. 51 gtts/minute - **D. 61 gtts/minute** 33. A 58-year-old male patient was diagnosed with pneumonia and was brought under your care. The patient complains of difficulty of breathing, chest pain of 5/10, and coughing with phlegm. Your initial assessment reveals a respiratory rate of 33 bpm, temperature of 38.1°C, heart rate of 90 bpm, and blood pressure of 110/80. His physician ordered an infusion of 1,000 mL of normal saline to be administered over the next eight (8) hours using a macroset with a drop factor of 10 drops per mL. You initiated the IV at 1:00 PM during your shift. With the current rate, at what time would you hang the next bag? - A. 9:00 PM the next day. - B. 10:00 PM the next day - C. 9:00 PM of the same day. - **D. 10:00 PM of the same day.** 34. A patient is receiving 250 mL normal saline IV over 4 hours, using tubing with a drip factor of 10 drops/mL. How many drops per minute should be delivered? Round to the nearest whole number for your final answer. - A. 10 gtts/minute - B. 15 gtts/minute - C. 20 gtts/minute - **D. 25 gtts/minute** 35. You need to infuse 1000 mL of normal saline IV over 6 hours. How many milliliters per hour do you set on the IV infusion controller? Round to the nearest whole number for your final answer. - A. 167 ml/hour - B. 168 ml/hour - **C. 169 ml/hour** - D. 170 ml/hour 36. You have 500 mL of lipids on a second IV infusion controller to piggyback into a primary hyperalimentation line. You want to run the infusion over 24 hours. At what rate should you run the lipids? Round to the nearest whole number for your final answer. - A. 21 ml/hour - B. 22 ml/hour - C. 23 ml/hour - **D. 24 ml/hour** 37. You have 350 mL packed red blood cells that you want to infuse IV over 2 hours. There is no controller available. Your blood tubing delivers 10 gtts/mL. How many drops per minute should you set? - A. 27 gtts/minute - B. 28 gtts/minute - **C. 29 gtts/minute** - D. 30 gtts/minute 38. You have an order to infuse 500 mL normal saline IV over 4 hours. How many drops per minute will you set on gravity tubing that delivers 10 gtts/mL? Round to the nearest whole number for your final answer. - A.21 gtts/minute - B. 22 gtts/minute - **C. 23 gtts/minute** - D. 24 gtts/minute 39. You have an order to administer 1 L of 5% Dextrose in 0.45 normal saline IV over 16 hours. How many milliliters per hour will you set on the IV infusion controller? Round to the nearest whole number for your final answer. - A. 65 ml/hour - **B. 64 ml/hour** - C. 63 ml/hour - D. 62 ml/hour