intravenous tubing of ampicillin

14. The intravenous tubing of ampicillin has a 20 drop per milliliter drop factor.Ampicillin 250 mg in 50 mL of normal saline is ordered intravenous every 6 hours. Pharmacy suggests to infuse the ampicillin over 15 minutes. How many drops per minute would the nurse infuse the medication? Round final answer to the nearest whole number

15. A patient with heart failure has an order for furosemide 20 mg by mouth every morning. How many tablets will the nurse administer when each tablet contains furosemide 10 mg? 16. Octreotide 75 mcg subcutaneous twice daily is ordered for diarrhea. When using an octreotide concentration of 100 mcg/mL, calculate the milliliters the nurse will administer with each dose. Round final answer to the nearest hundredths place.

17. A patient reports post-op pain at 7/10. The eMAR states the patient is due for morphine sulfate 4 mg IM every 4 hours as needed for pain. The nurse receives a tubex containing morphine sulfate 2 mg/mL. How many milliliters of morphine will the patient receive?

18. A total of 40 mEq of potassium chloride/100 mL is ordered to infuse at a rate of 10 mEq potassium chloride per hour. How many milliliters per hour will the nurse program the IV infusion device?

19. A patient is ordered to receive 1000 NS at 75 ml/hr. If the infusion is started at 0400, what time will the infusion be completed? Round to the nearest whole minute. Answer in military time. 20. D5 RL is ordered to infuse at 175 mL/hr. How mL will infuse in 8 hours?