A nurse is preparing to administer an IV fluid bolus of 200 mL dextrose 5% in water over 30 min. The drop factor of the manual IV tubing is 15 gtt/mL. The nurse should set the manual IV infusion to deliver how many gtt/min? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

Answer and explanation Step 1 is: Calculate the total infusion time in minutes. 30 min. Step 2 is: Calculate the total drops to be infused. 200 mL× 15 gtt/mL = 3000 gtt. Step 3 is: Calculate the gtt/min using the formula Total drops/Total minutes. 3000 gtt÷ 30 min = 100 gtt/min. Step 4 is: Round the answer to the nearest whole number. 100 gtt/min. Final calculated answer is 100.