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    RN Medical Surgical HESI Proctored Exam
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    The healthcare provider prescribes 1 liter of 0.9% sodium chloride, USP intravenously (IV) to be infused over 10 hours for a client. How many mL/hr should the nurse program the infusion pump to deliver? (Enter numerical value only.)

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    Explanation & Rationale

    To answer this question, we need to find the rate of infusion in milliliters per hour (mL/hr) that will deliver 1 liter (1000 mL) of 0.9% sodium chloride, USP intravenously (IV) over 10 hours. We can use the following formula to calculate the rate: Rate (mL/hr)=Volume (mL)/Time (hr) Plugging in the given values, we get: Rate (mL/hr)=1000 mL/10hr Simplifying, we get: Rate = 100 mL/hr

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