Infusion Calculations Practice Test

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• If the drug concentration is 5 mg/mL and the prescribed dose is 25 mg per hour, what is the infusion rate in mL per hour?
• Dextrose 5% in Lactated Ringer's solution (D5LR) 1500 mL is to be infused over 12 hours. The IV set delivers 10 drops per milliliter. What is the flow rate in drops per minute (nearest whole number)?
• A male patient is receiving dextrose 5% at 55 mL/h. How much fluid will he receive in 2 hours?
• A total of 2000 mL is to be infused over 40 hours. What is the infusion rate in mL per hour?
• A patient needs 1500 mL of solution infused over 12 hours. What pump rate is required in mL/h?
• If a physician orders 500 mg of drug to be infused in 1000 mL over 8 hours, what is the infusion rate in mL/hr?
• You have 500 mL to infuse over 8 hours. What is the infusion rate in mL/hr?
• What is the hourly flow rate for infusing 1.5 L of D5% in 1/5 normal saline over 20 hours?
• A 200 mL dose of antibiotic must be infused over 40 minutes using a pump that delivers 60 mL/h. What is the required flow rate, in mL/h?
• An infusion set has a drop factor of 60 gtt/mL. To infuse 30 mL per hour, what is the drip rate in gtt per minute?
• A medication is ordered as 60 mg in 120 mL. What is the concentration in mg/mL?
• Using a 20 gtt/mL set, how many total drops are needed to infuse 250 mL?
• The nurse must infuse 800 mg over 6 hours. The solution is 100 mg per 5 mL. How many mL per hour?
• What is the required flow rate to deliver 2.0 litres of dextrose 4% in 1/5 normal saline over 15 hours using tubing with 22 gtt/mL?
• The patient needs 0.1 mcg/kg/min of a drug. The patient weighs 40 kg. If the drug solution is 2 mg/mL, what is the mL/min?
• A piggyback is to be infused over 30 minutes. The bag is 100 mL. What is the rate in mL/hr?
• 600 mL of normal saline is to be infused over 12 hours using a micro-drop giving set delivering 60 gtt/mL. What is the drip rate in gtt/min?
• Dextrose 5% in water (D5W) 1 liter is to be infused. The rate is set at 75 mL/hour for the first 6 hours, then reduced to 50 mL/hour. How long will it take to deliver the full 1 liter?
• A solution has 0.25 mg/mL; the dose is 6 mg; what mL?
• A medication order is 150 mg. The vial provides 25 mg in 5 mL. How many milliliters should be drawn to administer 150 mg?
• A burette pump must deliver 600 mL of fluid over 3 hours. What is the rate in mL/h?
• An IV pump is set to deliver 125 mL/h. How many minutes will it take to deliver 375 mL?
• The doctor orders an IV infusion of D5W 1000 mL to infuse over the next 4 hours. The IV tubing delivers 20 gtt/mL. What is the correct rate of flow? (Answer in gtt/min rounded to the nearest whole number)
• A patient is receiving fluid from two IV lines. One line is running at 65 mL/h; the other at 70 mL/h. What volume would the patient receive via IV over 12 hours?
• A medication order is 5 mg every 8 hours. How many mg are given in 24 hours?
• An adult female is to be given half a litre of normal saline over 5 hours using an I.V. set which gives 20 drops per millilitre. What is the required drip rate in drops per minute?
• For the 900 mL infusion over 9 hours with a drop factor of 15 gtt/mL, how many total drops would be delivered during the infusion?
• What is the flow rate in liters per hour for an infusion delivering 1 liter over 11 hours?
• A patient needs 120 mL of solution to be given over 15 minutes using tubing of 15 gtt/mL. What is the flow rate in gtt/min?
• An infusion should deliver 750 mg over 3 hours. The solution concentration is 150 mg per 10 mL. What is the rate in mL/hr?
• The order is for D5W IV infusing at 150 mL/h for 2 hours with a drop factor of 60 gtt/mL. What is the total volume that will be required?
• A burette pump is set to deliver 60 mL over 15 minutes. What is the flow rate in mL/h?
• A patient needs to run the remaining 300 mL of dextrose 5% through in 50 minutes. The administration set gives 20 drops/mL. What is the required drip rate in drops per minute?
• For the heparin example, at 20 mL/h, how many units are delivered in 4 hours?
• Postoperative autologous blood transfusion: a 500 mL unit to be infused over 4 hours. The giving set emits 20 drops/mL. What is the drip rate in gtt/min?
• An IV infusion is to deliver 900 mL over 9 hours. What is the infusion rate in mL/hr?
• Calculate the rate for 1.5 L Lactated Ringers to be given over 12 hours with tubing that delivers 25 gtt/mL. What is the rate in gtt/min?
• An anemic patient must be given one unit of packed cells over 4 hours. The unit of packed cells holds 250 mL. The I.V. set delivers 20 drops per mL. What is the required drip rate in drops per minute for the blood infusion?
• A 250 mL IV bag to be infused over 15 minutes. What is the required flow rate in mL/h?
• A patient is to receive 1000 mL Lactated Ringers over 28 hours. The IV tubing delivers 20 gtt/mL. What is the rate in gtt/min?
• Infuse 1000 mL over 8 hours with drop factor 12 gtt/mL. What is the rate in gtt/min?
• A 500 cc solution of D5NS with 20,000 units of Heparin is infusing at 20 mL per hour. The IV set delivers 60 gtt per cc. How many units of Heparin is the patient receiving each hour?
• An infusion of 100 mL of D51/2NS with 40 mEq of potassium chloride is to be given over 60 minutes. The set calibration is 15 gtt/mL. What is the correct rate in drops per minute (nearest whole number)?
• A pediatric patient weighs 25 kg and the dose is 12 mg/kg/day. What is the total daily dose in mg?
• The prescribed rate is 0.05 mg/kg/min. If the patient weighs 20 kg and the drug concentration is 0.5 mg/mL, what is the infusion rate in mL per minute?
• A 500 mL IV bag is to be infused over 4 hours using a giving set that delivers 20 drops/mL. What is the required drip rate in drops per minute?
• A drug is supplied as 8 mg/mL. The order is 32 mg. How many milliliters should be administered?
• A vial contains 50 mg in 2 mL. How many milliliters are required to administer a 150 mg dose?
• A patient is receiving Hartmann's solution at 125 mL/h. How many milliliters will be delivered in 3 hours?
• A child weighing 10 kg is prescribed 1 mg/kg every 8 hours. How many mg are given in one day?
• Calculate the drops per minute for an infusion of 750 mL over 9 hours with tubing of 20 gtt/mL.
• A patient requires 750 mL of normal saline with drop factor 15 gtt/mL to run over 3 hours. What is the rate in gtt/min?
• The order is 1 mg/min; the solution concentration is 0.2 mg/mL. What is the rate in mL/min?
• Over the next 4 hours, infuse 500 mL of 5% Dextrose in normal saline. Add 20 mEq of KCl to solution. The IV tubing is 15 gtt/mL. In drops per minute, what is the rate of flow?
• A patient weighs 25 kg and the prescribed dose is 4 mg/kg per day. How many milligrams per day should be given?
• Using a burette with 20 drops/mL, how many drops per minute are needed to deliver 60 mL in 30 minutes?
• A patient requires 1200 mL of normal saline to be infused over 24 hours. The IV set delivers 20 gtt/mL. What is the rate in gtt/min?
• What is the required drip rate, in gtt/min, to infuse 350 mL over 2.5 hours using an IV set that delivers 15 drops/mL?
• If a line has a drop factor of 60 gtt/mL and is delivering 16 gtt/min, what is the rate in mL/h?
• A patient weighs 30 kg; dose is 0.8 mg/kg/hr; what is mg/hr?
• A 350 mL bag is to be infused over 70 minutes. What is the flow rate in mL/h?
• A boy is to be given dextrose 5% via an infusion pump. If the pump is set at 60 mL/h, how much dextrose will he receive in 2.5 hours?
• An IV piggyback is 100 mL to be infused over 1 hour with a drop factor of 15 gtt/mL. What is the rate in gtt/min?
• What is the hourly dose in mg/hr for a weight-based order of 5 mcg/kg/min for a 70 kg patient, with a concentration of 800 mg in 250 mL?
• A pediatric patient requires 0.75 mg/kg/hr. The patient weighs 12 kg. The drug concentration is 2 mg/mL. What is the mL/hr?
• A unit of blood 500 mL to be infused over 4 hours using a 15 gtt/mL set. What is the drip rate in gtt/min?
• The patient is to get 0.9% sodium chloride IV infusing at 65 mL/h for 4 hrs. The drop factor is 25 gtt/mL. What is the total volume that will be infused?
• Over the next 4 hours, infuse 500 mL of 5% Dextrose in normal saline. Add 20 mEq of KCl to solution. You know that the IV tubing is calibrated to deliver 10 gtt/mL. In drops per minute, what is the rate of flow? (Answer in gtt/min rounded to the nearest whole number)
• What is the required flow rate of a volumetric infusion pump to deliver 500 mL of dextrose 5% over 12 hours? (Answer in mL/h, rounded to the nearest whole number.)
• A male patient is receiving dextrose 5% at a rate of 55 mL/h. How much fluid will he receive in 11 hours?
• The drug concentration is 2 mg/mL. To deliver 0.4 mg/min, what is the infusion rate in mL per minute?
• An intravenous line is delivering fluid at 42 mL/h. How much fluid will the patient receive in 12 hours?
• A bag contains 1500 mL to be infused over 12 hours. What is the infusion rate in mL/hr?
• A D5W IV infusion of 1000 mL is to run over 24 hours with a drop factor of 60 gtt/mL. What is the correct flow rate in drops per minute?
• A drug order requires 2.5 mg/kg over a 24-hour period. If the patient weighs 18 kg, how many milligrams are given per day?
• A patient receives Hartmann's solution at 100 mL/h for 5 hours. How many milliliters will be infused?
• A unit of packed red cells (350 mL) is to be infused over 3 hours using an IV set delivering 15 drops per mL. What is the required drip rate in drops per minute?
• A physician orders 1000 mL IV to be infused over 8 hours. The tubing has a drop factor of 22 gtt/mL. What is the rate in gtt/min?
• A patient needs 55 mL of fluid per hour. The infusion set has 10 gtt/mL. What is the drip rate in gtt/min?
• A patient receives 1 L of dextrose 5% in 1/5 normal saline. For the first 3.5 hours the fluid is delivered at 160 mL/h. The remaining fluid is to run over the next 8 hours. What flow rate (mL/h) is required for the remaining period?
• The infusion set has 20 gtt/mL. What gtt/min to deliver 60 mL/hr?
• A solution has 2 mg/mL; the required dose is 10 mg. How many milliliters are needed?
• If the same 900 mL over 9 hours infusion uses a drop factor of 20 gtt/mL, what is the drops per minute (gtt/min)?
• One and a half litres of D5% in 1/5 normal saline is to be given over 20 hours. What is the required flow rate in mL per hour?
• A 200 mg in 50 mL solution yields 4 mg/mL. How many milliliters are needed to deliver a 100 mg dose?
• The physician orders D5LR at 75 mL/hour for 8 hours. The drop factor is 10 gtt/mL. What is the total volume to be infused?
• The order is 0.3 mg/kg/hr. The patient weighs 60 kg. The concentration is 3 mg/mL. What is the rate in mL/hr?
• What should be the burette pump setting (in mL/h) to administer 50 mL of fluid containing 0.5 g of potassium chloride over 30 minutes?
• A burette pump is set to administer 80 mL of fluid containing 80 mg of gentamicin in 45 minutes. What is the rate in mL/h?
• What setting on a burette pump is required to administer 100 mL of fluid containing 1 g flucloxacillin in 30 minutes?
• A patient is receiving dextrose 5% at a rate of 55 mL/h. How much fluid will he receive in 5 hours?
• The patient has two concurrent IV infusions in the same line via Y-site. Infusion A is 80 mL/hr; Infusion B is 40 mL/hr. What is the total rate?
• You have a 1000 mL IV bag to infuse over 24 hours. What is the infusion rate in mL per hour?
• A male patient needs 500 mL of normal saline at 25 mL/h. How many hours will it take to deliver all fluid?
• A giving set delivers 20 drops/mL. What is the required drip rate, in drops per minute, to infuse 750 mL over 9 hours?
• A boy is to receive dextrose 5% via an infusion pump set to 60 mL/h. How much dextrose will he receive in 12 hours?
• A bag containing 1000 mL is to be infused over 8 hours. What is the flow rate in mL/hr?
• A patient is to receive 2000 mL over 8 hours. The drip factor is 60 gtt/mL. What is the flow rate in gtt/min?
• A patient receives 1000 mL of fluid with a drop factor of 10 gtt/mL to be infused over 8 hours. What is the drip rate in gtt/min?
• If a vial contains 125 mg in 2 mL. The order is 250 mg. How many mL to administer?
• A medication dosage is 0.4 mg/kg per dose for a patient weighing 22 kg. The drug is supplied as 0.8 mg/mL. How many mL per dose?
• If a medication is ordered at 0.5 mL/kg/hr and the patient weighs 60 kg, what is the infusion rate in mL/hr?
• One unit of packed cells is to be given over 3 hours, using a giving set that delivers 20 gtt/mL. If the unit contains 250 mL, what is the drip rate in drops per minute?
• What setting on a burette pump is required to administer 75 mL of fluid containing 75 mg of gentamicin in 40 minutes?
• You have 60 mg of drug in 120 mL; you need to deliver 15 mg/hr. What is mL/hr?
• A patient needs to infuse 250 mL over 6 hours. What is the infusion rate in mL/hr?
• A 1.5 litre infusion starting at 0430 hours at a rate of 90 mL/h. After 10 hours the pump is reset to 75 mL/h. Calculate the finishing time.
• A young male patient is to be given one litre of dextrose 4% in 1/5 normal saline. The infusion pump is set at 80 mL/h. How long will it take to give the litre?
• At 0300 hours, a 2 L of normal saline is set running through an infusion pump at 85 mL/h. After 8 hours, the rate is increased to 120 mL/h. At what time will the infusion be completed?
• Starting at 0700 hours, half a litre of dextrose 5% is set up to run at 40 mL/h. At what time will the bag be finished?
• If 270 mL remain and the infusion is running at 30 mL/h, how many hours until completion?
• Using a microdrip set delivering 60 drops/mL, what is the required drip rate, in drops per minute, to infuse 400 mL over 10 hours?
• What is the flow rate in mL/h for infusing 80 mL over half an hour using a burette?
• A bolus dose of 100 mg is to be infused over 10 minutes. The solution concentration is 25 mg/mL. What is the infusion rate in mL/min?
• Ampicillin 500 mg dissolved in 100 mL D5W to run for 1 hour. The drop factor is 10 gtt/mL. What is the correct flow rate?
• At 2100 hours on a Monday, one litre of dextrose 5% is set up to run at 50 mL/h. When will the bag be finished?
• The order is for 0.45% NaCl IV for 90 mL/h for 4 hours. The drop factor is 10 gtt/mL. What is the total volume?
• 1000 mL of D5NS with 20,000 units of heparin is infusing at 20 mL/hour. The IV set delivers 60 gtt per mL. How many units of heparin are delivered per hour?
• An IV line delivers 42 mL/h. How much fluid will the patient receive in 2 hours?
• A unit of packed red blood cells is 250 mL. The remaining half unit is to be infused over 1 hour using a set that delivers 20 drops per mL. What is the required drip rate in drops per minute?
• The physician orders 1.5 litres of Lactated Ringers to be infused over 12 hours. The IV tubing delivers 15 gtt per mL. What is the rate in drops per minute (nearest whole number)?
• An 850 mL bag is to be infused at 125 mL/hr. How long will it take to complete?
• A 500 mL bag with drop factor 20 gtt/mL is to be infused over 5 hours. What is the drip rate in gtt/min?
• Keflex 2.0 g in 100 mL of a 5% Dextrose solution is to be infused over 30 minutes. The IV tubing delivers 10 gtt/mL. What is the rate in gtt/min, rounded to the nearest whole number?
• A 750 mL bag of normal saline is to be infused at 125 mL/h. How long will the infusion take?
• 100 mL of fluid containing vancomycin 400 mg has been added to a burette. The infusion is to be given over 45 minutes. What is the required pump setting in mL/h?
• Calculate the drops per minute for an IV infusion delivering 900 mL over 6 hours with tubing of 15 gtt/mL.
• A unit of autologous blood 480 mL is to be infused over 3 hours using a giving set that delivers 15 drops/mL. What is the drip rate in gtt/min?
• For a weight-based continuous infusion, the order is 5 mcg/kg/min. The patient weighs 70 kg. The drug concentration is 800 mg in 250 mL. What is the infusion rate in mL/hr?
• If the 1 liter infused at 91 mL/h has progressed for 5 hours, how many milliliters have been delivered?
• A vial contains 2 mg/mL. If the order is 8 mg, how many milliliters are required?
• At 125 mL/h, how long to infuse 800 mL?
• The order is for D5RL 200 mL to be infused over 24 hours. The drop factor is 60 gtt/mL. What is the appropriate flow rate? (Nearest whole number)
• A patient requires 250 mL of a solution over 2 hours. What is the required flow rate in mL/h?
• A pump delivers 60 mL/h; how long to deliver 1800 mL?
• At 0800 h, one litre of dextrose 4% and 1/5 normal saline is set to run at 75 mL/h. At what time would the bag be finished?
• A 60 kg patient requires an infusion at 0.15 mg/kg/hr. The drug concentration is 3 mg/mL. What is mL/hr?
• If an infusion pump is set at 120 mL/h, how long will it take to deliver 1 L of Hartmann's solution?
• What is the correct setting for a burette pump to administer 60 mL of fluid containing 75 mg of ranitidine in 35 minutes?
• A patient receives fluid at 42 mL/h for 8 hours. How many milliliters are delivered?
• A pediatric patient weighs 8 kg. The order is 0.25 mg/kg/hr of a drug. The solution concentration is 5 mg/mL. What is the mL/hr to administer?
• A 1000 mL bag of fluid is to be infused over 5 hours. What is the required flow rate in mL/h?
• A medication is ordered at 10 mg/hr. The available concentration is 2 mg/mL. What is the infusion rate in mL/hr?
• To deliver a 1 g dose, the prepared solution contains 500 mg per 2 mL. How many milliliters are required?
• A medication has a concentration of 1 mg/mL. The order is 0.75 mg/min. What is the infusion rate in mL/min?
• What is the required flow rate to deliver 1 L over 6 hours?
• An infusion of norepinephrine is ordered at 0.25 mg/hr. The drug concentration is 1 mg in 100 mL. What is the mL/hr to deliver the dose?
• A patient has an order to infuse 100 mL of D51/2NS with 10 mEq of KCl over 30 minutes. The IV set delivers 10 gtt/mL. What is the correct flow rate in drops per minute (gtt/min), rounded to the nearest whole number?
• Calculate the drops per minute for 1000 mL of saline to be infused over 24 hours with tubing of 10 gtt/mL.
• A patient receives solution at 125 mL/h for 12 hours. How many milliliters will be administered?
• Infuse 1200 mL over 24 hours with a drop set delivering 15 drops/mL. What is the required drip rate, in drops per minute?
• Doctor orders 1.5 litres of Lactated Ringers solution to be infused over 12 hours. The IV tubing delivers 60 gtt/mL. What is the rate in gtt/min, rounded to the nearest whole number?
• A patient with a head injury has orders for D5NS at 25 mL/hour. The IV tubing calibration is 10 gtt/mL. What is the rate in drops per minute (nearest whole number)?
• A female patient is receiving Hartmann's solution at 125 mL/h for 5 hours. How much solution will she receive?
• The physician reduced an IV to 30 mL/h. The IV bag has 270 mL remaining. If the current time is 10:30 AM, at what time will the infusion be completed?
• A drug order is 1.5 mg/kg to be infused over 6 hours. The patient weighs 20 kg. The drug solution is 0.5 mg/mL. What is the infusion rate in mL/hr?
• Calculate the drops per minute for an infusion of 250 mL over 30 minutes with tubing of 12 gtt/mL.
• You have a 500 mL IV bag to run over 2 hours with a drop factor of 20 gtt/mL. What is the gtt/min?
• A drug order is 1000 mg to be given over 6 hours. The solution concentration is 500 mg per 5 mL. What is the infusion rate in mL/hr?
• A female patient is to receive one litre of Hartmann's solution over 12 hours. What is the drip rate if the administration set gives 15 gtt/mL?
• A female patient is receiving Hartmann's solution at a rate of 100 mL/h. How much solution will she receive over 5 hours?
• A solution is prepared by diluting 200 mg of drug in 50 mL diluent to yield 4 mg/mL. How many mL are needed to deliver a 20 mg dose?
• A feeding line has a drop factor of 20 gtt/mL and is infusing at 60 mL/hr. What is the rate in gtt/min?
• The order is for D5 Lactated Ringer's 800 mL at 125 mL/h. The drop factor is 15 gtt/mL. Calculate the infusion time in hours and minutes.
• An IV with a drop factor of 20 gtt/mL must deliver 600 mL over 240 minutes. What is the drops per minute (gtt/min)?
• A patient weighs 15 kg; the prescribed dose is 10 mg per kilogram per day. How many milligrams are needed per day?
• An administration set that delivers 15 gtt/mL is used to infuse 480 mL over 3.5 hours. What is the required drip rate in drops per minute?
• Two IV lines, total rate 135 mL/h, run for 8 hours. What is the total volume infused over 8 hours?
• What is the drip rate, in gtt/min, to transfuse 300 mL of autologous blood over 2 hours using a set that delivers 20 drops/mL?
• An IV infusion of D5W 1000 mL is to be given over 8 hours. The IV tubing delivers 10 gtt/mL. What is the rate in gtt/min, rounded to the nearest whole number?
• The infusion set has 30 gtt per mL. If the infusion rate is 60 mL/hr, what is the drip rate in gtt per minute?
• What flow rate in mL/h is required to infuse 1 liter of normal saline over 24 hours?
• A patient is to receive 1.5 liters of fluid over 10 hours. The giving set delivers 20 drops per milliliter. What is the required drip rate in drops per minute?
• If you need to infuse 1200 mL over 6 hours with a 20 gtt/mL set, what is gtt/min?
• The order is for Lactated Ringer's 1000 mL at 100 mL/h. The drop factor is 10 gtt/mL. What is the infusion time in hours?
• To deliver 80 mL of fluid over 16 minutes, what burette pump setting (mL/h) is required?
• Infuse 2 litres over 8 hours. What is the flow rate in mL/h?
• An IV infusion of 1 liter over 11 hours is to be delivered. What should the flow rate be in milliliters per hour?
• What is the flow rate in mL/h when a burette pump delivers 120 mL in 50 minutes?
• One litre of Hartmann's solution is given IV. For the first 6 hours the rate is 85 mL/h, then the rate is reduced to 70 mL/h. What is the total time required to deliver the full volume?
• An IV infusion has a drop factor of 10 gtt/mL. The total volume to infuse is 450 mL over 3 hours. What is the infusion rate in gtt per minute?
• What is the required flow rate, in mL/h, to deliver 100 mL of metronidazole 500 mg over 30 minutes using a volumetric infusion pump?
• A burette pump delivers 60 mL in 15 minutes. What is the rate in mL/h?
• A patient needs 1,200 mL to be delivered over 12 hours. What is the infusion rate in mL per hour?
• An IV bag of 1000 mL is prescribed to infuse every 8 hours. After 4 hours, 600 mL has infused; the remaining 450 mL should infuse over the next 6 hours. The IV tubing delivers 10 gtt/mL. What is the rate in gtt/min?
• A male patient is to receive 1.5 litres of fluid over 10 hours. The giving set delivers 20 drops/mL. What is the drip rate in drops per minute?
• A medication is ordered as 2 mg every 6 hours. How many milligrams are administered in one day?
• A 350 mL bag infused over 2 hours using a 20 gtt/mL set. What is the drip rate in gtt/min?
• What is the correct setting for a burette pump to administer 40 mL of fluid containing 600 mg of penicillin in 20 minutes?
• A patient requires 200 mL of normal saline to be infused in 25 minutes. If the IV set is 15 gtt/mL, what is the drip rate in drops per minute?
• What is the burette pump setting (in mL/h) to administer 70 mL of fluid containing 1.2 g of penicillin in 25 minutes?
• A 167 mL IV bag is to be infused over 60 minutes with a drop factor of 60 gtt/mL. What is the drip rate in gtt/min?
• What is the required flow rate to deliver 500 mL of Hartmann's solution over 7 hours?
• A patient needs 250 mL over 30 minutes. What is the required mL/h?
• What is the required flow rate in mL/h to deliver 1 L of normal saline over 8 hours?
• A child weighing 10 kg is prescribed 1 mg/kg every 8 hours. How many milligrams are given in 24 hours?
• A head-injury patient has an order for 1000 mL D5NS to infuse at 30 mL/h. The IV tubing drop factor is 50 gtt/mL. What is the rate in gtt/min?
• An IV set has a calibration of 15 gtt per mL. If the ordered rate is 25 gtt per minute, what is the rate in milliliters per minute?
• A medication is ordered as 0.25 mg/mL. The prescribed dose is 2 mg. How many milliliters should be administered?
• A one litre IV bag of normal saline has been running for 6 hours at a rate of 75 mL/h. The doctor orders the remaining contents to be run through in the next five hours. Calculate the new flow rate.
• A drug is supplied as 0.5 mg/mL. The order is 2 mg. How many mL to administer?
• A patient needs 900 mL of intravenous fluid over 6 hours. What is the required flow rate in mL/h?
• What is the required flow rate to deliver one litre of dextrose 4% in 1/5 normal saline over 16 hours?
• What is the required flow rate of a volumetric infusion pump to deliver 500 mL of dextrose 5% over 8 hours? (Answer in mL/h, rounded to the nearest whole number.)
• A half-liter bag of dextrose 5% is set to run at 60 mL/h. After 5 hours, the rate increases to 80 mL/h. The infusion started at 0800. At what time will the infusion be completed?
• An infant is ordered 150 mL of Hartmann's solution to run over 6 hours. The microdrip delivers 60 drops per millilitre. What is the required drip rate in drops per minute?
• A patient has two intravenous lines: one delivering 45 mL per hour and the other 30 mL per hour. What total volume will the patient receive in 24 hours?
• A 564 mL IV bag is to be infused over 6 hours with a drop factor of 60 gtt/mL. What is the drip rate in gtt/min?
• 500 mL of normal saline with 2 g potassium chloride is to be given IV. How long will this take if the infusion pump is set at 75 mL/h?
• How long does it take to infuse 0.5 L at a constant rate of 60 mL/h?
• Keflex 1.5 g in 50 mL of a 5% Dextrose solution should be administered in 30 minutes. The IV tubing delivers 15 gtt/mL. What is the rate in gtt/min, rounded to the nearest whole number?
• Keflex 1.5 g in 50 mL of a 5% Dextrose solution. The order states administration over 40 minutes. The IV tubing delivers 15 gtt/mL. What is the rate in gtt/min?
• A patient is receiving 1000 mL of D5W over 4 hours. The tubing delivers 20 gtt/mL. What is the rate in gtt/min?
• An IV piggyback contains 250 mL to infuse over 2 hours. What is the rate in mL/hr?
• You need to infuse 750 mL over 3 hours with a drop factor of 15 gtt/mL. What is the gtt/min?
• A patient is to receive 900 mL D5W by IV over 8 hours. The IV set delivers 15 gtt/mL. What is the flow rate in gtt/min?
• A boy is to be given dextrose 5% via an infusion pump set at 60 mL/h. How much dextrose will he receive in 1.5 hours?
• A drug is 0.8 mg/mL. The order is 6 mg. How many mL are required?
• A patient needs 500 mL of normal saline to be infused over 2 hours. The IV set delivers 15 gtt/mL. What is the rate in gtt/min?
• The order is 0.6 g per hour; the administration solution provides 1 g per 4 mL. How many milliliters per hour should be infused?
• A 250 mL piggyback is to infuse over 4 hours. What is the rate in mL/hr?
• A 500 mL infusion is set to run over 8 hours with a giving set of 20 drops/mL. What is the drip rate in drops per minute?
• If a 2-hour infusion is conducted with a rate of 150 mL/h and a drop factor of 60 gtt/mL, how many total drops are delivered?
• A patient is to receive 0.5 litre of dextrose 4% in 1/5 normal saline in 12 hours. The administration set delivers 20 drops/mL. What is the drip rate in drops per minute?
• A dose is 0.6 mg/kg per dose for a patient weighing 18 kg. The drug is supplied as 0.2 mg/mL. How many mL per dose?