The healthcare provider prescribes a liter of normal saline IV to be infused over 9 hours for a client who is NPO. The nurse should program the infusion pump to deliver how many mL/hour? (Enter numeric value only. If rounding is required, round to the nearest whole number).

Here's how to calculate the infusion rate (mL/hour) for the normal saline administration: We know: Total volume of normal saline solution: 1 liter (given) = 1000 mL (convert liters to mL) Infusion time: 9 hours (given) We need to find: Infusion rate (mL/hour) Calculation: Infusion rate (mL/hour) = Total volume of solution (mL) / Infusion time (hours) Infusion rate (mL/hour) = 1000 mL / 9 hours Infusion rate (mL/hour) = 111.11 mL/hour (round to nearest whole number) Therefore, the nurse should program the infusion pump to deliver 111 mL/hour.