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ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1491-8
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Understanding Medical-Surgical Nursing, 3rd Edition

Unit Analysis Fill-in-the-Blank Questions

1. The physician's order reads 1000 mL of normal saline to run over 4 hours. If the tubing has a drop factor of 10, the solution should infuse at drops per minute.

2. A patient is prescribed fludrocortisone, 200 μg per day. Fludrocortisone is available as 0.1-mg tablets. The nurse should administer tablets.

3. A patient has IV orders for 500 mL of 5%D/0.9%NS over 8 hours. The drop factor is 15 drops/mL. The IV should infuse at drops per minute.

4. A patient who weighs 117.3 lb has been prescribed metronidazole (Flagyl), 7.5 mg/kg every 6 hours, for trichomoniasis. What should the dose (rounded to the nearest whole number) be every 6 hours? mg

5. Based on the 30 mL per kg rule, how many mL should a patient who weighs 150 lb drink per day? (Round to whole number.) mL

6. A postoperative patient has required 5 mg morphine intravenously every 4 hours. The morphine is available in syringes prefilled with morphine grains 1/6 per mL. The nurse should administer mL.

7. A postoperative patient who has gained 2 lb within 2 days is probably retaining about mL of fluid.

8. A 56-year-old postoperative surgical patient has an intravenous line of 1000 mL LR running over 8 hours. The drip factor of the IV tubing is 10 drops/mL. The nurse should set the drip rate at drops per minute.

9. The physician prescribes 1000 mL of D5W to run over 12 hours via an electronic control device. The pump should be set to infuse mL per hour.

10. The physician has ordered an intravenous infusion of 1000 mL dextrose 5% 0.45 normal saline over 8 hours for a postgastrectomy patient. Using a 15-drop factor IV set, the nurse should set the IV for drops per minute.

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