Calculate the Hourly Intravenous (IV) Flow Rates $1 \mathrm{~g} .$ Total Volume

question 11

Short Answer

Calculate the hourly intravenous (IV) flow rates.
-Total drug: $1 \mathrm{~g} .$ Total volume: $500 \mathrm{~mL}$ Hourly drug ordered: $15 \mathrm{mg} .$ What is the hourly volume (mL per hr to nearest tenth of an mL)?

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Ribonucleic acid, a nucleic acid present in all living cells that plays a role in protein synthesis and the transmission of genetic information.

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The process by which ribosomes synthesize proteins using the mRNA transcript as a template.

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the strand of DNA that specifies the nucleotide sequence of a newly synthesized strand during replication or transcription.

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