Calculate IV Infusion Time
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of 580 mL at a drip rate of 45 gtt/min using a tubing factor of 15 gtt/mL has been ordered to be 0. Calculate the infusion time. (Round your answer to the nearest tenth of an hour.) hr
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In this problem, we need to calculate the infusion time for a medical fluid order. Let's start by identifying our given values from the problem statement.
Nursing Math: Infusion Time Calculation
We are given a total volume of five hundred eighty milliliters, a drip rate of forty five drops per minute, and a tubing factor of fifteen drops per milliliter.
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To find the total time in minutes, we can use the formula: volume times the calibration or tubing factor, divided by the drip rate.
Let's substitute our known values into this formula. That is five hundred eighty milliliters times fifteen drops per milliliter, all divided by forty five drops per minute.
Notice that the units of milliliters and drops cancel out, leaving us with the units of time in minutes. Let's simplify the numerator first.
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