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A patient is to receive 1000 mL of 0.9% sodium chloride intravenously at a rate of 125 mL/hr. The nurse is using microdrip gravity drip tubing. Which rate will the nurse calculate for the minute flow rate (drops/min) ?


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Skeletal Muscles

Muscles attached to bones that are responsible for movement of the body and maintenance of posture.

Involuntary Muscles

Muscles that operate without conscious control, such as those found in the heart and digestive tract.

Eccentric Contraction

A type of muscle contraction that occurs as the muscle lengthens while it is under tension, such as lowering a weight.

Overload Principle

A fundamental fitness concept that to improve physical fitness, the body or specific muscles must be gradually stressed by working against a load or resistance higher than what it's accustomed to.

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