Directions: Calculate the IV Medication and Infusion Rates

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Essay

Directions: Calculate the IV medication and infusion rates.Use a calculator for safe dose range calculations,multiplication,and long division as desired.Verify results using DE-style equations where requested.If the order is unsafe,do not proceed with the math.Label answers.
Ordered: Dopamine infusion at 10 mcg per kg per minute.Available: Dopamine 400 mg premixed in 500 mL of D₅W.
Patient weight: 60 kg (45 mL per hr)
A)How many mg per mL are contained in the solution?
B)How many mcg per mL are contained in the solution?
C)How many mL per hr will the flow rate be set? DA:
D)Evaluation:

• A)How many mg per mL are contained in the solution?
• B)How many mcg per mL are contained in the solution?
• C)How many mL per hr will the flow rate be set? DA:
• D)Evaluation:

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