A pt is ordered 40 mEq of KCL in 200 mL of NS to infuse over 5 hours. What should you set the pump on? ?

Question

A pt is ordered 40 mEq of KCL in 200 mL of NS to infuse over 5 hours. What should you set the pump on? ?

Answer 1

You need to know the drip factor to solve.. but here's a site to help :)

Oh, but if it's 15, the answer is  200 divided by 300 (number of minutes)=0.66, then that multiplied by 15=9.9gtt/min (or 10 if you are allowed to round)

Answer 2

What's in the solution isn't pertinent to the problem. 200 ml/5 hours is 40 ml/hour.

Answer 3

If the infusion is to be given in 5 hours, that gives us an infusion rate/velocity of 40 ml/hour of the solution.

Generally, infusion sets have droppers that give 1 ml of solution every 20 drops(macrodroppers).

So if you have an infusion rate of 40 ml/hour, that means that you have also a rate of 0,67 ml/minute, and therefore 13-14 drops/minute(macrodroppers).

Is a simple 3 way  mathematic rule.

Answer 4

  40 mls  / hour     take 200ml and divide it by the number of hours= ml /hour