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The nurse is caring for a client prescribed 500 mg of daptomycin in 50 mL of normal saline IV to be
administered over 30 minutes every 24 hours. The nurse has IV tubing with a drip factor of 45
gtt/mL. At what rate in drips per minute (gtt/min) should the nurse administer the IV

Answer :

The rate in drips per minute the nurse should administer the IV is 50 drops per minute

What rate in drips per minute (gtt/min) should the nurse administer the IV?

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prescribed 500 mg

Daptomycin in 50 mL

over 30 minutes every 24 hours.

The nurse has IV tubing with a drip factor of 45

Generally the equation for the Flow rate   is mathematically given as

[tex]Flow rate=\frac{total volume }{time in minutes}*disp factor[/tex]

Therefore

F=100mL/30min*15

F=1500/30

F=50

Hence, the nurse should administer 50 drops per minute

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