ATI Dosage Calculation and Safe Medication Administration 3.0 - Parenteral (IV) Medications | Questions and Verified Answers (2024 / 2025 Updates)
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ATI Dosage Calculation and Safe Medication Administration 3.0 - Parenteral (IV) Medications | Questions and Verified Answers (2024 / 2025 Updates)
Question:
A nurse is preparing to administer famotidine 20 mg by intermittent IV bolus over 15 minutes. Available is famotidine 20 mg in 100 mL ...
ATI Dosage Calculation and Safe
Medication Administration 3.0 -
Parenteral (IV) Medications |
Questions and Verified Answers
( Updates)
Question:
A nurse is preparing to administer famotidine 20 mg by intermittent IV bolus
over 15 minutes. Available is famotidine 20 mg in 100 mL D5W. The nurse
should set the IV pump to deliver how many mL/hour?
Answer:
400 mL/hour
Rationale:
1. (100 mL/15 min) x (60 min/1 hour) = x
2. x = 400 mL/hour
Question:
A nurse is preparing to administer 0.45% sodium chloride (0.45% NaCl) 750
mL IV to infuse over 10 hours. The drop factor of the manual IV tubing is 60
gtt/mL. The nurse should set the manual IV infusion to deliver how many
gtt/min?
, Answer:
75 gtt/min
Rationale:
1. (60 gtt/mL) x (750 mL/10 hours) x (1 hour/60 minutes) = x
2. x = 75 gtt/min
Question:
A nurse is preparing to administer D5W to infuse at 125 ml/hour. The drop
factor of the manual IV tubing is 15 gtt/mL. The nurse should set the manual
IV infusion to deliver how many gtt/min? (Round to the nearest whole
number.)
Answer:
31 gtt/min
Rationale:
1. (125 mL/1 hour) x (15 gtt/1 mL) x (1 hour/60 minutes) = x
2. x = 31.25 gtt/min
3. x = 31 gtt/min
Question:
A nurse is preparing to administer lactated Ringer's 1 L to infuse over 2 hours.
The drop factor of the manual IV tubing is 15 gtt/mL. The nurse should set the
manual IV infusion to deliver how many gtt/min?
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