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Drip rates

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
You have been ordered to give 7 mcg/min of Amiodorone to a patient with an established IV hanging 1 L bag with a 15 gtts drip set.  You have a vial with 150 mg in 3 mL.  What rate do you run your drip?
a)
32.14 gts/ mL
b)
0.7 gtts/ mL
c)
7 gtts/ mL
d)
30 gtts/ mL
2.
You are ordered to give an Epinephrine drip at 5 mcg / min.  You have an ampule with 1 mg in 2 mL.  you have a 250 mL bag with a microdrip set(60gtts).  What rate do you run the drip at?
a)
75 gtts/ mL
b)
100 gtts/ mL
c)
60 gtts/ mL
d)
30 gtts/ mL
3.
you are ordered to give Atropine  at a rate of 1 mcg/ min.  You have a 500 mcg/ mL prefilled syringe.  You have a 250 mL IV bag and a macro drip set(10gtts).  What rate do you run your drip at?
a)
5 gtts/ mL
b)
50 gtts/ mL
c)
15 gtts/ mL
d)
25 gtts/ mL
4.
You have been ordered to drip this entire vial of medication at
4 mcg/ min.  You have a 1 L IV bag and a microdrip set(60 gtts).  What rate do you run your drip?
a)
0.6 gtts/ mL
b)
9.6 gtts/ mL
c)
6 gtts/ mL
d)
10 gtts/ mL
5.
you have been ordered to drip Levophed at a rate of 15 mcg/kg/min.  You have vial with 25 mg/ 5 mL and a 15 gtts/mL drip set on a 250 mL bag.  Your patient weighs 22 kg.  What is your rate?
a)
22.5 gtts/ min
b)
49.5 gtts/ min
c)
30 gtts/ min
d)
15 gtts/ min
6.
You are ordered to give an epinephrine drip at a rate of 5 mcg/min.  You have a vial with of Adrenalin  1:1000 with 5 mg/ 5 mL. You have a 250 mL iv bag with a microdrip set(60 gtts).  Pt weighs 176 lbs. What is your drip rate?
a)
10 gtts/min
b)
15 gtts/min
c)
30 gtts/min
d)
45 gtts/min
7.
Your protocol requires a 10 mg/hr drip of Diltazem.  you have a 100 mL bag, microdrip set and  3 vials of 25mg/5mL of medication.  You want to run it at a rate of 30 gtts/min.  How many mg do you need?
a)
25 mg
b)
33.3 mg
c)
50 mg
d)
75 mg
8.
You are ordered to give 6 mg/min of Lidocaine.  You have 3 grams in 10 mL vial.  You have an IV established with a 500 mL bag with a macro drip set( 10 gtts).  How many drops per minute do you run?
a)
0.001 gtts/ mL
b)
10 gtts/ mL
c)
0.33 gtts/ mL
d)
3.3 gtts/ Ml
9.

You have been ordered to run Dopamine drip at 4 mcg/kg/min. you have a prefilled bag with concentration of 1600 mcg/mL(800 mg in 500 mL) and a micro drip set. Pt weights 176 lbs. what is you drip set at?

a)

12 gtts/min

b)

26.4 gtts/min

c)

0.012 gtts/min

d)

30 gtts/ min