Order: 1 liter or 1000 mL of D5W to infuse over 6 hours Available: Macrodrip set: 10 gtt/mL The IV flow rate would be ______gtt/min.

Given: Volume of fluid: 1 liter = 1000 mL Infusion time: 6 hours Drop factor: 10 gtt/mL Formula: Flow rate (gtt/min) = (Volume (mL) / Time (hr)) x Drop factor (gtt/mL) / 60 min/hr Step 1: Calculate the infusion rate in mL/hr: Infusion rate (mL/hr) = Volume (mL) / Time (hr) Infusion rate (mL/hr) = 1000 mL / 6 hr Infusion rate (mL/hr) = 166.67 mL/hr Step 2: Calculate the flow rate in gtt/min: Flow rate (gtt/min) = (Infusion rate (mL/hr) x Drop factor (gtt/mL)) / 60 min/hr Flow rate (gtt/min) = (166.67 mL/hr x 10 gtt/mL) / 60 min/hr Flow rate (gtt/min) = 1666.7 gtt/hr / 60 min/hr Flow rate (gtt/min) = 27.78 gtt/min Step 3: Round to the nearest whole number: Flow rate (gtt/min) ≈ 28 gtt/min