A nurse is preparing to administer an IV fluid bolus of 500 mL 0.9% sodium chloride over 60 min. The drop factor of the manual IV tubing is 10 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 if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

Given: Total volume to infuse: 500 mL Infusion time: 60 minutes Drop factor of tubing: 10 gtt/mL To find: Drip rate (gtt/min) Step 1: Calculate the total number of drops Total drops = Total volume x Drop factor Total drops = 500 mL x 10 gtt/mL = 5000 gtt Step 2: Calculate the drip rate Drip rate = Total drops / Infusion time in minutes Drip rate = 5000 gtt / 60 minutes = 83.33 gtt/min Step 3: Round to the nearest whole number 83 gtt/min