University of Minnesota - NURS 7211 Intravenous Flow Rates 2                                 1)The physician orders vancomycin 500 mg in 250 mL of D5W IVPB daily to infuse over 2 hours

University of Minnesota - NURS 7211 Intravenous Flow Rates 2                                

1)The physician orders vancomycin 500 mg in 250 mL of D₅W IVPB daily to infuse over 2 hours. Tubing drop factor is 15 gtt/mL. Calculate the flow rate in drops per minute. ____________________

2. The physician orders ampicillin 1 g in 100 mL of D₅W IVPB to infuse over 20 minutes. Tubing drop factor is 15 gtt/mL. Calculate the flow rate in drops per minute. ____________________
3. The physician orders Kefzol 2 g in 50 mL of NS IVPB to infuse over 30 minutes. Tubing drop factor is 60 gtt/mL. Calculate the flow rate in drops per minute. _________
4. The patient has Levaquin 500 mg ordered once daily. The Levaquin is available in 100 mL of NS and should infuse over 1 hour. Using tubing with a 20 gtt/mL drip factor, how many drops per minute should the Levaquin be infused?
5. The patient has Levaquin 500 mg ordered once daily. The Levaquin is available in 100 mL of NS and should infuse over 1 hour. Using tubing with a 60 gtt/mL drip factor, how many drops per minute should the Levaquin be infused?
6. The patient has Levaquin 500 mg ordered once daily. The Levaquin is available in 100 mL of NS and should infuse over 60 minutes. Using an IV pump, how many milliliters per hour should the Levaquin be infused?
7. Tygacil 50 mg IV once a day is ordered for a patient. The Tygacil is dissolved in 50 mL of NS and should infuse over 30 minutes. Using tubing with a drop factor of 10 gtt/mL, how many drops per minute should the Tygacil be infused?

8. Tygacil 50 mg IV once a day is ordered for a patient. The Tygacil is dissolved in 50 mL of NS and should infuse over 30 minutes. Using tubing with a drop factor of 20 gtt/mL, how many drops per minute should the Tygacil be infused?