A client is to receive furosemide 60 mg every 12 hours. The drug is available in a concentration of 10 mg/mL, and based on the manufacturer's recommendations, the nurse plans to administer the dosage over 20 minutes. The nurse should set the infusion pump to deliver how many mL/hour? (Enter numeric value only.)

The client is to receive furosemide 60 mg every 12 hours. The drug is available in a concentration of 10 mg/mL, so the nurse should administer 6 mL of medication (60 mg / 10 mg/mL). The nurse plans to administer the dosage over 20 minutes, so the infusion rate should be 18 mL/hour (6 mL / (20 minutes / 60 minutes/hour)).