A nurse is preparing to administer 0.9% sodium chloride 1 L IV to infuse over 8 hr. The drop factor of the manual IV tubing set is 15 gtts/mL. The nurse should set the manual IV infusion to deliver how many gtt/min? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Do not use a trailing zero.)

The nurse calculates the manual infusion rate by determining the total volume in milliliters, multiplying by the drop factor, and dividing by the total time in minutes. 1000 mL × 15 gtt/mL = 15000 total drops 8 hours × 60 minutes = 480 total minutes 15000 / 480 = 31.25 gtt/min Rounding to the nearest whole number as instructed results in 31 gtt/min. Answer: 31gtt/min