Phlebotomy Essentials
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ISBN: 9781451194524
Author: Ruth McCall, Cathee M. Tankersley MT(ASCP)
Publisher: JONES+BARTLETT PUBLISHERS, INC.
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The nurse is caring for a client who is to receive an IV antibiotic by a macroinfusion set (10 gtts/mL). The order reads 1 gm of antibiotic in 100 mL of D5W to be run in over 30 minutes. What drip rate should the nurse use?
- 3 gtts/min
- 33 gtts/min
- 30 gtts/min
- 30.3 gtts/min
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