A Nurse Is Infusing an Intravenous Antibiotic Medication

question 12

Short Answer

A nurse is infusing an intravenous antibiotic medication. It is ordered as 100 mg in 50 mL D5W to be infused over 20 minutes. How many drops per minute should be delivered using tubing that delivers 15 gtt per mL? ________________drops per minute

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