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    Ati Nur 110 Med Surg (Adult And Wellness) Proctored Exam
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    A nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative following an appendectomy and is prescribed D5 lactated Ringer's at 150 mL/hr by continuous IV infusion for 12 hr. The drop factor of the manual IV tubing is 20 gtt/mL. The nurse should set the manual IV infusion to deliver how many gtt/min?

    gtt/min

    Explanation & Rationale

    Step 1 is (150 mL × 20 gtt ÷ mL) ÷ 60 min. Step 2 is 3000 gtt ÷ 60 min. Step 3 is 50 gtt ÷ min. The final calculated answer is 50.

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