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Module 6 - IV Calculations, Solutions, Equipment

This document contains a 20-question quiz about intravenous (IV) calculations, solutions, and equipment. The questions cover topics such as calculating concentrations of IV solutions, determining flow rates based on drop factors, and calculating how long IV bags will last given infusion rates. Overall, the quiz assesses skills in performing various calculations related to IV therapy administration.

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Module 6 - IV Calculations, Solutions, Equipment

This document contains a 20-question quiz about intravenous (IV) calculations, solutions, and equipment. The questions cover topics such as calculating concentrations of IV solutions, determining flow rates based on drop factors, and calculating how long IV bags will last given infusion rates. Overall, the quiz assesses skills in performing various calculations related to IV therapy administration.

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Points Awarded 19 Points Missed 1 Percentage 95% 1. You have 50 mg medication in 500 mL NS. What is the concentration (mg/mL) of the solution? (Calculate to the nearest TENTH place.) Answer Right Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: 0.1 2. A client is to receive lidocaine hydrochloride (Xylocaine) 100 mg as an IV bolus . The Xylocaine is labeled 20 mg/mL. How many milliliters should be administered ? Answer Right Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: 5 3. Administer an IV piggyback of 150 mL over 30 minutes. The drop factor is 10 gtt/ mL. How many gtt/min will you infuse? Answer Right Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: 50 4. An antibiotic dose of 50 mg in 2 mL is to be diluted in 50 mL of D5W to infuse o ver 30 minutes. A 15-mL flush is to follow. The medication is placed in a burett e and the tubing delivers 60 gtt/mL. Calculate the flow rate in gtt/min. Answer Right Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: 100 5. The order is to infuse 250 mL of an antibiotic solution over 45 minutes. The dro p factor is 12 gtt/mL. How many gtt/min will you set the IV at? Answer Right Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: 67 6. A child is to receive 50 mg of a medication. The dosage of 50 mg is contained in 5 mL. Dilute to 60 mL and infuse in 45 minutes via a burette (drop factor = 60 gtt/mL). A 15-mL flush is to follow. How many gtt/min will you infuse? Answer Right Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: 80 7. Order: Rocephin 1 g IV every 12 hours over 30 minutes. Available: Rocephin 1 g in 150 mL NS At what rate would you set your pump? Answer Right Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: 300 8. The nurse enters the client s room and notes that there are 400 mL left in the IV bottle. The client is receiving 25 gtt/min and the drop factor of the tubing is 15 gtt/mL. How many hours will the IV last? Answer Right Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: 4

9. An antibiotic dose of 250 mg in 4 mL is to be diluted in 100 mL of D5W to infuse over 60 minutes. A 15-mL flush is to follow. The medication is placed in a bure tte and the tubing delivers 60 gtt/mL. Calculate the flow rate in gtt/min. Answer Right Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: 100 10. Order: Infuse 500 mL NS at 80 mL/hr Drop factor: 15 gtt/mL How many gtt/min will you infuse? Answer Right Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: 20 11. Order: Infuse 1 unit packed cells (240 mL) over 3 hours Drop factor: 10 gtt/mL How many gtt/min will you infuse? Answer Right Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: 13 12. 1 L of D5NS is to be infused in 6 hours by infusion pump. At what hourly rate wi ll the nurse set the infusion pump? Answer Right Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: 167 13. Order: Infuse 1000 mL NS at 125 mL/hr Drop factor: 12 gtt/mL How many gtt/min will you infuse? Answer Right Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: 25 14. You have an IV infusing at 125 mL/hour. How many hours will it take for 1500 mL to infuse? Answer Right Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: 12 15. 700 mL of D5W is infusing at 35 gtt/min. The drop factor is 15 gtt/mL. How many hours will the IV last? Answer Right Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: 5 16. The IV order is for 1.5 L of D5NS to be infused over 12 hours. The IV will be ad ministered through an electronic pump. What will be the hourly flow rate? Answer Right Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: 125 17. Administer an IV piggyback of 100 mL over 30 minutes. The drop factor is 15 gtt/ mL. How many gtt/min will you infuse? Answer Right Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: 50 18. The order reads 1000 mL of D5W to be administered every 10 hours. The drop facto

r is 15 gtt/mL. The flow rate is 25 gtt/min. In 4 hours the nurse expects 600 mL to remain in the IV bottle, but the nurse finds 540 mL in the bottle. What shou ld the new infusion rate be? Answer Wrong Points Earned: 0/1 Your Response: 115 19. An infusion pump is set to administer 75 mL/hour to a client. How many hours wil l it take for the client to receive 600 mL of fluid? Answer Right Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: 8 20. If the IV is infusing at 42 gtt/min with a drop factor of 20 gtt/mL, how much IV fluid will the client receive in 5 hours? Answer Right Points Earned: 1/1 Your Response: 630

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