You are working a shift from 1600 to midnight. Your patient, Ms. Rodriguez, is undergoing N/G replacement therapy with the following orders. Primary IV: NS at 45 mL/hr Replace N/G drainage with D10W over the first 3 hours of each shift via separate, secondary IV line.   Shift report: NS:                   270 mL D10W:              100 mL N/G drainage:   120 mL   Show all calculations.   a) At what time do you expect the primary IV bag to run empty?                 b) How much additional NS will you require over the course of your shift?              c) At what time do you expect the secondary IV bag to run empty?                  d) How much additional D10W will you require over the course of your shift?

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      You are working a shift from 1600 to midnight. Your patient, Ms. Rodriguez, is undergoing N/G replacement therapy with the following orders.

Primary IV: NS at 45 mL/hr

Replace N/G drainage with D10W over the first 3 hours of each shift via separate, secondary IV line.

 

Shift report:

NS:                   270 mL

D10W:              100 mL

N/G drainage:   120 mL

 

Show all calculations.

 

  1. a) At what time do you expect the primary IV bag to run empty?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. b) How much additional NS will you require over the course of your shift? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. c) At what time do you expect the secondary IV bag to run empty? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. d) How much additional D10W will you require over the course of your shift? 

 

 

 

 

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