Calc Qs

1.
A client admitted to the hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis is getting a continuous infusion of regular insulin. The health care provider orders an I.V. containing 1 liter of dextrose 5% in water at 150 ml/hour to be started when the client's blood glucose level reaches 250 mg/dl. The drip factor of the I.V. tubing is 15 gtt/ml. What's the drip rate for the I.V. infusion in drops per minute?__________________________________________________
2.
A health care provider prescribes heparin 25,000 units in 250 ml of normal saline solution to infuse at 600 units/hour for a client who suffered an acute myocardial infarction. After 6 hours of heparin therapy, the client's partial thromboplastin time is subtherapeutic. The provider orders an increase in the infusion to 800 units/hour. The nurse should set the infusion pump to deliver how many milliliters per hour?__________________________________________________
3.
A septic client with hypotension is being treated with dopamine hydrochloride (Inotropin). The nurse asks a colleague to double-check the dosage that the client's getting. The bag contains 400 mg of dopamine hydrochloride in 250 ml, the infusion pump is running at 23 ml/hour, and the client weighs 79.5 kg. How many micrograms per kilogram per minute is the client getting?__________________________________________________
4.
A 64-year-old client has a cerebral aneurysm. The health care provider orders hydralazine (Apresoline), 15 mg I.V., every 4 hours as needed to keep systolic blood pressure under 140 mm Hg. The label on the hydralazine vial reads "hydralazine 20 mg/ml." To administer the correct dose, how many milliliters of medication should the nurse draw up in the syringe?__________________________________________________
5.
After a retropubic prostatectomy, a client needs continuous bladder irrigation. The client has an I.V. of D5W infusing at 40 ml/hr, and a triple-lumen urinary catheter with normal saline solution infusing at 200 ml/hr. The nurse empties the urinary catheter drainage bag three times during an 8-hour period for a total of 2,780 ml. How many milliliters does the nurse calculate as urine?__________________________________________________
6.
A 3-year-old child is to get 500 ml of dextrose 5% in normal saline solution over 8 hours. At what rate (in ml/hr) should the nurse set the infusion pump?