The Hospital Has Experienced a Power Outage and Is on Backup

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Essay

The hospital has experienced a power outage and is on backup generator electrical support. The nursing staff is asked to convert all nonmedication IVs to gravity control. The nurse is caring for a patient whose IV fluids are infusing at "keep vein open," which is defined as 30 mL/hr per hospital policy. Using tubing with a drip factor of 15 gtt/mL, what rate (gtt/min) should the nurse use for the patient's IV fluids? (Round to the nearest full drop.)

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Definitions:

Weighted-Average Method

An inventory costing method that assigns the same average cost to each unit of inventory, calculated as the total cost of goods available for sale divided by the total units available.

Cost Reconciliation

The process of verifying and adjusting the cost of a production process or manufacturing order to reflect actual costs incurred.

Work in Process Inventory

The value of all unfinished goods currently in production, including materials, labor, and overhead costs up to the point of calculation.

Units Transferred Out

A rephrased definition is: The quantity of products that have completed a particular stage of the production process and are moved to the next stage or finished goods inventory.