IV Test

Calculate the following gtt/min Amount 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) 15) 60 ml 200 ml 1200 ml 600 ml 480 ml 1800 ml 500 ml 36 ml 125 ml 50 ml 800 ml 75 ml 1400 ml 120 ml 55 ml Time 1 hr 3 hr 10 hr 5 hr 8 hr 12 hr 6 hr 1 hr 2 hr 1.5 hr 4 hr 1 hr 8 hr 2 hr 1 hr 15 60 20 10 15 IV Set Drop Factor 60 15 20 10 60 15 20 60 15 10 ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ gtt/min

16) Infuse DSW 1000 ml over 6 hr. The drip factor is 15 gtt/ml. Using a standard IV administration set, regulate the rate at ______gtt/min. 17) Infuse 150 ml of Hyperalimentation fluid over 2 hr. Use a microdrip administration set (60 gtt/ml) and regulate the rate at ______gtt/min. 18) The order reads Lonosol MB 800 ml to infuse over 8 hr. Using a microdrip administration set (60 gtt/ml), regulate the rate at ______gtt/min.

19) Infuse D5 1/2 NS 600 ml over 8 hr. The drip factor is 15 gtt/ml. Use a standard IV administration set and regulate the rate at ______gtt/min. 20) Administer Human Plasma 250 ml over 3 hr. Use a blood administration IV set with a drop factor of 10 gtt/ml and regulate the rate at ______gtt/min. 21) The order reads: D5 1/4 NS 500 ml to infuse at 35 ml/hr. Using an IV set with a drop factor of 60 you would regulate the rate at ______gtt/min. 22) Give Ringers Lactate 500 ml over 4hr. Using a standard IV administration set with a drop factor of 15 gtt/ml, regulate the rate at ______gtt/min. 23) lnfuse Dextran 6 percent 250 ml over 4 hr. Using a blood administration set with a drop factor of 10 gtt/ml, regulate the rate at ______gtt/min. 24) Infuse 10% D/W 1000 ml over 12 hr. Use standard IV administration set delivering 15 gtt/ml, and regulate the rate at ______gtt/min. 25) Infuse D5 1/2 NaCl 500 ml over 6 hr. Using a microdrip administration set (60gtt/ml), regulate the rate at ______gtt/min. 26) 1000 ml of 5% glucose in water is to be administered in 8 hours. The tubing delivers 15 gtts per ml. How many gtts per minute should the IV run? 27) Dr. orders 3000 ml NS IV to run for 24 h. Drop factor is 10 gtt/ml. What should the infusion rate be? 28) Penicillin G 1,000,000 Units IV piggyback in 100 ml N/S to be infused in 30 min. Calculate the infusion rate. Drop factor is 10 gtt/ml. 29) 1500 ml D5 Lactated Ringer's IV to run for 12 h. Calculate the infusion rate. Drop factor is 15 gtt/ml. 30) 1000 ml Lactated Ringer's IV to run for 24 h. Drop factor is 60 gtt/ml. Calculate infusion rate.

31) Chlorosycetin 500 mg in 50 ml of Normal Saline IV piggyback is to run in 1 hour. Drop factor 60 gtt/ml. Calculate the infusion rate. 32) It is 4:30 pm and you find 100 ml of an IV running. The drop factor is 60 gtt/ml. What must the rate be in gtts/min to finish the IV at 1930? 33) The order is to infusion 1500 ml over the next 8 hours What must the rate be in gtts/min if the drop factor is 15 gtts/ml? 34) You are to infuse 250 ml of IV fluid. The drop factor is 10 gtt/ml. What must the rate be in gtts/minute to infuse the volume in 100 minutes? 35) The physician orders 1000 ml of 5% D/W q12H. How many ml/hr will the client receive? 36) The physician orders 1000 ml of 5% D.45NS at 42 ml/hr. How long will it take for the IV to infuse? 37) The physician's order is for 150 mg of Tagamet IVPB q12H. Available to the nurse is 50 ml of 5% D/W with 150 mg of Tagamet added with directions to infuse over 15 minutes. The IV tubing delivers 15 gtts/ml. The IV will infuse at how many gtts/min? 38) The physician orders 1000 ml 5% D.3 NaCl with 20 mEq of KCl q10H. How many ml/hr will the client receive? 39) The physician orders 1000 ml 5% D/W q24H. The IV tubing delivers 15 gtts/ml. How many drops per minute will the nurse set the IV to infuse at? 40) The physician orders Gentamycin 90 mg IVPB q12H. Available to the nurse is 100 ml of 5% D/W with 90 mg of Gentamycin with instructions to infuse over 60 minutes. The IV tubing delivers 20 gtts/ml. The client will receive how many gtts/minute? 41) The physician's order reads for 3000 ml of 5% D/W q24H. How many ml/hr will the client receive? 42) The physician's order is for 1 G of Erythromycin IVPB q6H. Available from the pharmacy is 250 ml of NS with 1 G of Erythromycin with

instructions to infuse over 2 hours. The IV tubing delivers 15 gtts/ml. How many gtts/minute will the nurse set the IV at? 43) The physician orders 10 mEq KCl IVPB over 60 minutes. Available to the nurse is a 100 ml of 5% D/W with 10 mEq KCl. How many ml/hr will the client receive to infuse the 10 mEq of KCl in the allotted time? 44) The physician orders 3 G of Timentin IVPB q8H. Available from the pharmacy is 100 ml of 5% D/W with 3 G of Timentin with instructions to infuse over 60 minutes. The IVPB is to be infused using an infusion pump. The nurse will set the rate of the infusion at what rate? 45) The physician orders Theophylline drip to relieve the bronchoconstriction of a client with bronchitis. The order is for 42 mg/hour. Available to the nurse is 500 ml of 5% D/W with 2 grams of Theophylline. The IV tubing delivers 60 gtts/ml. The nurse will infuse the IV at how many ml/hr? 46) The physician's order is for 1 unit of packed red blood cells (250 ml) to infuse over 4 hours. The blood tubing delivers 15 gtts/ml. How many gtts/minute will the nurse set the IV at? 47) The order is for Ampicillin 500 mg IVPB q4H. Available to the nurse from pharmacy is 50 cc of 5% D/W with 500 mg of Ampicillin with instructions to infuse over 30 minutes. The IV tubing delivers 20 gtts/ml. What will be the rate of the infusion? 48) A. The physician orders a Heparin drip to prolong the coagulation time of blood. The order is for 1100 units of Heparin per hour. Available to the nurse is an infusion pump and from pharmacy 500 ml of 5% D/W with 25,000 units of Heparin. What will be the rate of the infusion? B. The physician requests that the Heparin drip be increased to 1500 units/hour. How many ml/hour would the nurse set the infusion pump at? 49) The IV order is for 50 ml/hr of 1000 ml 5% D.3 NaCl. How long will the IV infuse?

50) The physician orders Zantac 150 mg IVPB q12h. Available to the nurse is 50 ml of 5% D/W with 150 mg of Zantac with instructions to infuse over 20

minutes. The IV tubing delivers 20 gtts/ml. The client will receive how many gtts/minutes? 51) The physician orders Cytoxan 100 mg per hour. Available to the nurse is 1 Gram of Cytoxan in 1000 ml of 5% D/W. What will be the rate of the IV infusion? 52) Give 1000 ml of 5% D/W in 12 hours. IV tubing: 15 gtt/ml. 53) Give 1500 ml of IV fluid in 6 hours. IV tubing: 10 gtt/ml. 54) Give 1000 ml in 10 hours. IV tubing: 12 gtt/ml. 55) Give 1000 ml in 8 hours. IV tubing: 10 gtt/ml 56) Infuse 2 grams of Pipercillin in 100 ml of D/W over 60 minutes. IV tubing: 10 gtt/ml. 57) Infuse Zantac 150 mg in 50 ml D/W over 30 minutes. IV tubing: 15 gtt/ml 58) Infuse 500 mg of Erythromycin in 150 ml of D/W over 2 hours. IV tubing: 12 gtt/ml. 59) Infuse 1000 ml of IV fluid in 24 hours. IV tubing: 60 gtt/ml 60) Infuse 1000 ml in 8 hours. IV tubing: 15 gtt/ml 61) Infuse 1000 ml in 12 hours. IV tubing 60 gtt/ml 62) 1000 mg of Cytoxan has been added to 1000 ml of 5% D/W. The order is to infuse 50 mg/hr. IV tubing: 15 gtt/ml 63) 400 units of Regular Insulin has been added to 1000 ml of NS. The order is to infuse 6 units of Insulin per hour. IV tubing: 60 gtt/ml 64) 1 gram of Aminophylline is added to 1000 ml of 5% D/W. The order is to infuse 42 mg of Aminophylline per hour. IV tubing: 10 gtt/ml

65) The physician prescribes 1000 ml of 5% D/W q12H. The IV tubing delivers 15 gtts/ml. What will be the rate of the infusion ? 66) The physician prescribes 1500 ml q6H. The IV tubing delivers 10 gtts/ml. What will be the rate of the infusion? 67) The physician prescribes 1000 ml q8H. The IV tubing delivers 12 gtts/ml. What will be the rate of the infusion? 68) The physician prescribes 1000 ml of IV q8H. The IV tubing delivers 10 gtts/ml. What will be the rate of the infusion? 69) The physician prescribes 2 G of Pipercillin IVPB. Available from the pharmacy is 100 ml 5% D/W with 2 G Pipercillin with the instructions to infuse over 60 minutes. The IV tubing delivers 10 gtts/ml what will be the rate of the infusion? 70) The physician prescribes Zantac 150 mg IVPB bid. Available from the pharmacy is 50 ml 5% D/W with Zantac 150 mg with the instructions to infuse over 15 minutes. The IV tubing delivers 15 gtts/ml. What will be the rate of the infusion? 71) The physician prescribes 500 mg Erythromycin IVPB q6H. Available from the pharmacy is 250 ml 5% D/W with 500 mg with instructions to infuse over 2 hours. The IV tubing delivers 12 gtts/ml. What will be the rate of the infusion? 72) The physician prescribes 1000 ml of IV fluid in 24 hours. The IV tubing delivers 60 gtts/ml. What will be the rate of the infusion? 73) The physician prescribes 1000 ml of IV fluid q8H. The IV tubing delivers 15 gtts/ml. What will be the rate of the infusion? 74) The physician prescribes 1000 ml of IV fluid q12H. The IV tubing delivers 10 gtts/ml. What will be the rate of the infusion? 75) The physician prescribes Cytoxan IV at 50 mg/hr. Available from pharmacy is 1000 ml of 5% D/W with 1000 mg of Cytoxan. The IV tubing delivers 15 gtts/ml. What will be the rate of the infusion?

76) The physician prescribes 1000 ml 5% D.45NS q8h. The IV tubing delivers 10 gtts/ml. What will be the rate of the infusion? 77) The physician prescribes 500 ml of IV fluid q24 hours. The IV tubing delivers 10 gtts/ml. What will be the rate of the infusion? 78) 1000 ml of D.4SNS with 4O mEq of KCl is ordered to infuse at 83 ml/hr. The IV administration tubing delivers 20 gtts/ml. The rate of the infusion will be how many gtts/min? 79) 1500 ml of a TPN solution is ordered to infuse q24h. The IV administration tubing delivers 15 gtts/ml. The rate of the infusion will be how many gtts/min? 80) 250 ml of packed red blood cells is ordered to infuse over 3 hours. Blood tubing delivers 15 gtts/ml. The blood will infuse at how many gtts/min? 81) A. 1000 ml is ordered to infuse over 24 hours. The patient will receive how many ml/hr? B. The IV administration tubing deliver 60 gtts/ml. The rate of the infusion will be how many gtts/min? 82) 3000 ml of IV fluid is ordered to infuse over 24 hours. The rate of the infusion will be how many ml/hr? 83) 1000 ml of IV fluid is ordered to infuse over 6 hours. The patient will receive how many ml/hr? 84) A. 500 ml of IV fluid is ordered to infuse over 24 hours. The patient will receive how many ml/hr? B. The rate of the IV administration tubing is 60 gtts/ml. The rate of the infusion will be how many gtts/min? 85) The IV of 1000 ml of D/W is ordered to infuse at a rate of 60 ml/hr. The IV will infuse for how many hours?

86) A. The IV of 1000 ml of NS is ordered to infuse for 8 hours. The patient will receive how many ml/hr? B. The IV tubing delivers 12gtts/ml. The rate of the infusion will be how many gtts/min? 87) 1000 ml of D.45NS is ordered to infuse at a q8h rate. The IV will infuse at a rate of how many ml/hr? 88) Using a microdrip (60 gtt/ml) how many drops per minute must run from a 1000ml IV to last 8 hours? 89) If the drip factor is 10 gtts/ml, what must the rate be to deliver 2000ml over the next 8 hours? 90) Using a microdrip (60 gtt/ml), if the order is to infuse 500ml over the next 12 hours, what must the rate be? 91) Aminophylline 1 gram in 500ml of D/W is ordered to infuse at 48 mg/hr. The rate of the infusion will be how many ml/hr? 92) 1000 ml of IV fluid is ordered to infuse at 200ml/hr. The IV tubing delivers 10gtt/ml. The rate of the infusion will be how many gtt/min? 93) Using 15 gtts/ml as guide. How many gtts per min if you are hanging an IV of 1000ml 5% Dextrose/H2O to run 6 hours. 94) How many drops per minute must run from a 1000 ml IV, at 15 gtt/ml, to last 8 hours? 95) The order reads for 200 units of Regular insulin in 1000ml D5W to infuse at 6 units per hr. The rate of the infusion will be how many ml/hr? 96) 1 unit of blood (500ml) is ordered to infuse over 1 hour. The blood tubing delivers 15 gtt/ml. The rate of infusion will be how many gtt/min? 97) What must the rate be to give 500 ml at 20 gtt/ml. If the order is to infuse over the next 4 hours?

98) 1000 ml of TPN is ordered q12h. The client would receive how many ml/hour to deliver the order on time? 99) The physicians order reads: 10,000 units of Heparin in 500ml of IV fluid to infuse at 1500 units per hour. The rate of infusion will be how many ml/hr? 100) The physician prescribes 24 mg of Aminophylline per hour. Available is 1000ml with 1000 mg of Aminophylline. What will the rate of infusion be in ml/hour? 101) Heparin 2,000 units is ordered per hour. Available is 10,000 units in 100 ml. The rate of infusion would be how many ml/hr? 102) If 1000 ml of isotonic saline is to run over a period of 12 hours, how many drips to regulate the flow with a drop factor of 10 gtt/ml? 103) Heparin 1000 units per hour is prescribed. Available is 500 ml with 25,000 units of Heparin. How many mls per hour will the client receive? 104) 1000ml of 5% D/LR is ordered to infuse at 75 ml/hr. The IV will infuse over how many hours? 105) 500 ml of IV fluid is ordered to infuse over 24 hours. The IV tubing delivers 10 gtts/ml. The IV will infuse at how many gtts/min? 106) 1000 ml of 5% D.3NaCl is ordered to infuse at 42 ml/hr. The IV fluid will infuse over how many hours? 107) 500 ml of whole blood is ordered to infuse over 2 1/2 hours. Blood tubing delivers 15 gtts/ml. The blood will infuse at how many gtts/min? 108) 1,000 mg of Cytoxan has been added to 1000 ml of 5% D.NS and ordered to infuse at 10 mg/hr. The IV tubing delivers 20 gtts/ml. The rate of the IV will be set at how many gtts/min?

109) 1000 ml of 5% D.45NS is ordered to infuse at 125 ml/hr. The IV fluid will infuse over how many hours? 110) 1000 ml of IV fluid is ordered to infuse at a rate of 83 ml/hr. The IV tubing delivers 20 gtts/ml. The rate of the infusion will be how many gtts/min? 111) 1000 ml of IV fluid is ordered to infuse at 150 ml/hr. The IV will infuse for how many hours? 112) 1000 ml of IV fluid is ordered to infuse at 42 ml/hr. The IV will infuse for how many hours? 113) 500 ml of IV fluid with 5,000 units of Heparin is ordered to infuse at a rate of 50 ml/hr. The IV will infuse for how many hours? 114) 1000 ml of IV fluid is ordered to infuse at 75 ml/hr. The drip factor of the IV tubing is 12 gtts/ml. The rate of the infusion will be how many gtts/min? 115) 1000 ml of IV fluid is ordered to infuse over 20 hours. The IV tubing delivers 10 gtts/ml. The rate of the infusion will be how many gtts/min?

IV Test Answers
1) 60 gtt/min 2) 17 gtt/min 3) 40 gtt/min

4) 20 gtt/min 7) 28 gtt/min 10) 6 gtt/min 13) 58 gtt/min

5) 60 gtt/min 8) 36 gtt/min 11) 50 gtt/min 14) 10 gtt/min 17) 75 gtt/min

6) 38 gtt/min 9) 16 gtt/min 12) 75 gtt/min 15) 14 gtt/min 18) 100 gtt/min 21) 35 gtt/min 24) 21 gtt/min 27) 21 gtts/min 30) 42 gtts/min 33) 47 gtts/min 36) 24 hours 39) 10 gtts/minute 42) 31 gtts/minutes 45) 11 gtts/minutes 48) A. 22 ml/hr B. 30 ml/hr 51) 100 ml/hour 54) 20 gtt/min 57) 25 gtt/min 60) 31.2 = 31 gtt/mi 63) 15 gtt/min 66) 69) 72) 75) 78) 41.6 = 42 gtt/min 16.6 = 17 gtt/min 41.6 = 42 gtt/min 13 gtt/min 28 gtts/min

16) 41.67 = 42 gtt/min 19) 19 gtt/min 22) 31 gtt/min 25) 83 gtt/min 28) 33 gtt/min 31) 50 gtts/min 34) 25 gtts/min 37) 50 gtts/min 40) 33 gtts/min 43) 100 ml/hour 46) 16 gtts/min 49) 20 hours 52) 20.8 = 21gtt/min 55) 20.8= 21gtt/min 58) 15 gtt/min

20) 14 gtt/min 23) 10 gtt/min 26) 31 gtts/min 29) 31 gtts/min 32) 33 gtts/min 35) 83 ml/hour 38) 100 ml/hour 41) 125 ml/hour 44) 100 ml/hour 47) 33 gtts/minutes 50) 50 gtts/minutes 53) 41.6 = 42 gtt/min 56) 16.6 = 17 gtt/min 59) 41.6 = 42 gtt/min

61) 83.3 = 83 gtt/min 62) 13 gtt/min 64) 67) 70) 73) 76) 7 gtt/min 25 gtt/min 50 gtt/min 31.2 = 31 gtt/min 21 gtt/min 65) 68) 71) 74) 77) 21 gtt/min 20.8 = 21 gtt/min 25 gtt/min 13.8 = 14 gtt/min 3 gtt/min

79) 16 gtts/min 82) 125 ml/hr

80) 21 gtts/min 83) 167 ml/hr.

81) A. 42ml/hr. B. 42gtt/min 84) A.21 ml/hr B.21 gtt/min

85) 17 hrs 88) 125 gtt/min 91) 24 ml/hr gtt/min

86) A. 125 ml/hr B. 25 gtts87) 125 ml/hr 89) 42 gtts/min 92) 33 gtts/min 90) 41.6 = 42 gtt/min 93) 41.6 = 42 96) 125 gtts/min 99) 75 m/hr 102) 14 gtt/min 105) 3.47 gtt/min 108) 3.3 = 3 111) 6.6 hours 114) 15 gtt/min

94) 31.25 = 31 gtt/min 95) 30 ml/hr 97) 42 gtts/min 100) 26 ml/hr 103) 20 ml/hr 106) 23.8 = 24 hrs gtt/min 109) 8 hrs 98) 83.3 ml/hr 101) 20 ml/hr 104) 13.3 hrs 107) 50 gtt/min 110) 28 gtt/min

112) 23.8 hrs = 24 hrs 113) 10 hrs 115) 8.3 gtt/min