School of Nursing & Midwifery

BSc Nursing (Hons)

N207 Fundamentals of Nursing 2

Tutorial

Required questions : 1,7,8,13,14,17,18,19

Section A: I.V.F. Calculation

1. Calculate the drip rate for 100 mls of IV Fluids to be given over a half hour via a giving
set which delivers 10 drops/ml.

2. One litre of Normal Saline is charted over 9 hours. The drop factor is 15. Calculate the
number of drops per minute.

3. One and a half litres of Normal Saline is required to be given over 4 hours. Using ax
giving set which delivers 10 drops/ml how many drops per minute will need to be given?

4. Calculate the drip rate for 2 litres of IV Fluids to be given over 5 hours via a giving set
which delivers 10 drops/ml.

5. Ordered: 1 litre of Dextrose 5% in water over 8 hours using a giving set which delivers
10 drops/ml. Calculate the rate in drops/minute.

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6. You are required to administer 100 mls of IV Fluids over 1 hour. The drop factor is 15.
How many drops per minute are required to start the flow off at the correct rate?

7. You are required to administer 500 mls of Normal Saline over 3.5 hours. The drop
factor is 10. How many drops per minute are required to start the flow off at the correct
rate?

8. Calculate the drip rate for 500 mls of Normal Saline to be given over 4.5 hours via a
giving set which delivers 15 drops/ml.

9. You are required to administer 1 litre of Normal Saline over 7 hours. The drop factor is
10. How many drops per minute are required to start the flow off at the correct rate?

10. One litre of Dextrose 5% in water is charted over 8 hours. The drop factor is 10.
Calculate the number of drops per minute.

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11. You are required to administer 3 litres of IV Fluids over 12 hours. The drop factor is
10. How many drops per minute are required to start the flow off at the correct rate?

12. Calculate the drip rate for 500 mls of Dextrose 5% in water to be given over 4 hours via
a giving set which delivers 15 drops/ml.

13. One and a half litres of IV Fluids is prescribed over 8 hours. The drop factor is 15. How
many drops per minute are required to start the flow off at the correct rate?

14. Three litres of Hartmans (Lactated Ringer's) is charted over 12 hours. The drop factor
is 15. The IV has been running for 9 hours, 750 mls remain. How many drops per
minute are needed so that the IV finishes in the required time?

15. Calculate the drip rate for 100 mls of IV Fluids to be given over 2 hours via a giving set
which delivers 60 drops/ml.

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16. You are required to administer 1 litre of Normal Saline over 7 hours. The drop factor is
15. How many drops per minute are required to start the flow off at the correct rate?

17. One litre of IV Fluids is charted over 11 hours. The drop factor is 10. The IV has been
running for 9 hours and 45 minutes. 114 mls remain. How many drops per minute are
needed so that the IV finishes in the required time?

18. Three litres of Normal Saline is charted over 12 hours. The drop factor is 15. The IV
has been running for 9 hours and 45 minutes. 563 mls remain. How many drops per
minute are needed so that the IV finishes in the required time?

19. One hundred millilitres of IV Fluids is charted over 2.5 hours. The drop factor is 15.
Calculate the number of drops per minute.

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Section B: I.V. Medication / Blood Transfusion Calculations

1. Omeprazole (Losec) 40 mg is prescribed to be administered over 30 minutes. After

dilution of the Omeprazole to 100 ml with sodium chloride 0.9%, calculate the drip
factor for this medication order using a set which delivers 15drops/ml.

2. The nurse is to administer Metronidazole (Flagyl) 500 mg /100 ml Intravenous infusion

over the next 60 minutes. The tubing has a drop factor of 20. How many drops per
minute are required to start the flow off at the correct rate?

3. Hydrocortisone 250 mg is prescribed to be administered over 60 minutes. Following the

concentration of 1 mg/ml, the Hydrocortisone 250 mg solution was added to 250 ml of
5% dextrose in water. Calculate the drip factor for this medication order using a set
which delivers 20 drops/ml.

4. A unit of blood is prescribed to run over 4 hours; The giving set has a drop factor of 20
gtt /ml. What is the drip rate (drops /min)? (pack contains 400 ml)

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