A client receives a prescription for IV ciprofloxacin 400 mg every 12 hours, which is to be infused over an hour. The IV bag contains ciprofloxacin 400 mg in dextrose 5% in water (DW) 200 mL. How many mL/hr should the nurse program the infusion pump to deliver? (Enter numerical value only.)

Here's the calculation: The medication dose (ciprofloxacin 400 mg) needs to be delivered over the entire infusion duration (1 hour). The total volume of the IV bag containing the medication (200 mL) is the volume that needs to be infused. Although the ciprofloxacin itself might be concentrated in a smaller volume within the bag, the entire bag with both the medication and diluent (dextrose 5% in water) needs to be delivered over the 1-hour timeframe. Therefore, the infusion pump rate should be set to deliver the entire volume of the bag (200 mL) over the 1-hour duration, resulting in a rate of 200 mL/hour.