The healthcare provider prescribes a hydration intravenous (IV) infusion of normal saline to run over 3 hours at 30 mL/hour for a client who is dehydrated and weighs 154 pounds. The nurse should program the infusion pump to deliver how many mL/hour? (Enter numerical value only.)

To calculate the infusion rate, we need to use the formula: Infusion rate (mL/h) = Volume (mL) / Time (h) In this case, the volume and the time are given in the prescription, so we just need to plug in the values: Infusion rate (mL/h) = 30 mL / 1 h Simplifying, we get: Infusion rate (mL/h) = 30 mL/h