IV Flow Rates & Intravenous Medication Dosage Calculation Practice Exam (Quiz #1: 30 Questions)

A health care provider prescribes 1,500 mL of normal saline to be infused over seven (7) hours. The drop factor is 15 drops/mL. The nurse should set the flow rate of the IV infusion pump at how many mL per hour (mL/hour) and drops per minute (drops/minute)?

This question requires you to compute for two answers. Fill in the blanks and round your final answers to a whole number. 

A health care provider prescribes 1,200 mL of 0.45% normal saline solution to be infused at 125 mL/hour. The drop factor is 12 drops/mL. How many drops per minute should the nurse adjust the flow rate to safely administer the prescribed intravenous solution?

Fill in the blank and round your final answer to the nearest whole number. 

A nurse was assigned to the medical-surgical ward to care for a 30-year-old female client diagnosed with pneumonia. The patient’s primary health care provider prescribed 250 mL of D5W to be infused over 2 hours and 45 minutes. The drop factor is 60 drops per mL.

The nurse follows through an order to infuse 250 mL of plates intravenous over 2 hours and 30 minutes. The drop factor is 10 drops per mL. To safely administer the order, the nurse will set the flow rate of the IV pump at what mL per hour? Additionally, at how many drops per minute?

This question requires two answers. Fill in the blanks and round your final answers to the nearest whole number. 

A health care provider prescribes 1 and 1/4 liters of D5LRS to be infused over 18 hours. The drop factor is 20 drops per mL. How many mL per hour should the nurse adjust the flow rate to safely administer the prescribed intravenous solution? Additionally, compute for the drops per minute.

This question requires you to compute for two answers. Fill in the blanks and round your final answers to the nearest whole number. 

A healthcare provider’s order reads infusion of 2,750 mL of 0.45% normal saline at 150 mL per hour. The drop factor is 15 drops per mL. The nurse will set the flow rate at how many drops per minute to safely administer the IV solution?

Fill in the blank and round to the nearest whole number for your final answer. 

How many drops per minute will you infuse if the order reads: “Infuse 3/4 L of D5W over 5 hours and 45 minutes”. The drop factor is 60 gtts/mL. Fill in the blank and record your final answer to the nearest whole number. 

Nurse Jeff will infuse 1 liter of lactated ringer’s solution at 125 ml/hr via gravity flow using tubing calibrated at 15 gtt/ml. Calculate for the infusion time and provide the flow rate in drops per minute. Fill in the blank and record your answer using a whole number. 

A healthcare provider orders 1 liter of NSS to be infused over 24 hours using a microdrip that has a drop factor of 60 gtts/mL. You will set the flow rate at how many drops per minute to accomplish this order? Fill in the blank and round your answer to the nearest whole number. 

At the change of shift, you notice 200 ml left to count in your patient’s IV bag. The IV is infusing at 80 ml/hr. How much longer in hours will the IV run? Fill in the blank and record your final answer using one decimal place. 

The patient is ordered an IV of 1,000 ml of Normal Saline over 8 hours. At what rate would you set the IV pump in milliliters per hour? Fill in the blank and round to the nearest whole number for the final answer. 

The patient is ordered an IV of 1000 ml of Normal Saline over 8 hours. How many drops per minute would you set the gravity IV tubing with a drip factor of 15 drops/ml? Fill in the blank and round to the nearest whole number for the final answer.

A 58-year-old male patient was diagnosed with pneumonia and was brought under your care. The patient complains of difficulty of breathing, chest pain of 5/10, and coughing with phlegm. Your initial assessment reveals a respiratory rate of 33 bpm, temperature of 38.1ºC, heart rate of 90 bpm, and blood pressure of 110/80. His physician ordered an infusion of 1,000 mL of normal saline to be administered over the next eight (8) hours using a macroset with a drop factor of 10 drops per mL. You initiated the IV at 1:00 PM during your shift. With the current rate, at what time would you hang the next bag?

A patient is receiving 250 mL normal saline IV over 4 hours, using tubing with a drip factor of 10 drops/mL. How many drops per minute should be delivered? Fill in the blank and round to the nearest whole number for your final answer.

You need to infuse 1000 mL of normal saline IV over 6 hours. How many milliliters per hour do you set on the IV infusion controller? Fill in the blank and round to the nearest whole number for your final answer.

You have 500 mL of lipids on a second IV infusion controller to piggyback into a primary hyperalimentation line. You want to run the infusion over 24 hours. At what rate should you run the lipids? Fill in the blank and round to the nearest whole number for your final answer.

You have 350 mL packed red blood cells that you want to infuse IV over 2 hours. There is no controller available. Your blood tubing delivers 10 gtts/mL. How many drops per minute should you set? Fill in the blank and round to the nearest whole number for your final answer.

You have an order to infuse 500 mL normal saline IV over 4 hours. How many drops per minute will you set on gravity tubing that delivers 10 gtts/mL? Fill in the blank and round to the nearest whole number for your final answer.

You have an order to administer 1 L of 5% Dextrose in 0.45 normal saline IV over 16 hours. How many milliliters per hour will you set on the IV infusion controller? Fill in the blank and round to the nearest whole number for your final answer.

You have an order to administer 1 L of D5W IV over 8 hours. How many drops per minute will you set if you are using tubing with a drop factor of 15? Fill in the blank and round to the nearest whole number for your final answer.

A 25-year-old male presents with high fever (40ºC), chills, weight loss, and anorexia. He also complains of abdominal pain. Your assessment of his vital signs reveals a heart rate of 110 bpm, respiration of 28 per minute, and blood pressure of 100/80 mmHg. Lungs are clear during auscultation and the rest of the physical assessment is unremarkable. Blood culture was ordered and confirms the diagnosis of systemic candidiasis. The physician orders an infusion of 50 milligrams of amphotericin B (Fungizone) in 250 milliliters of normal saline over 4 hours and 15 minutes in tubing with a drop factor of 12 drops per minute. At what flow rate will you set the IV pump? Fill in the blank and round to the nearest whole number for your final answer.

Nurse Jeremy will infuse cefamandole (Mandol) 300 mg in 50 mL of D5W IVPB for 15 minutes; Drop factor: 10 gtt/mL. How many mL/hr will nurse Jeremy set on the IV infusion pump? Fill in the blanks. Record your answer to the nearest whole number.

A 66-year-old client who is alert and oriented has been receiving hemodialysis three times a week during the last 4 years. Upon follow-up check up, the client complains of difficulty of breathing and chest pain and was later on diagnosed with pneumonia. Assessment reveals a temperature of 39.0ºC, heart rate of 98 bpm, respiratory rate of 38 bpm, and a blood pressure of 110/80 mmHg. The physician prescribes ceftriaxone (Rocephin) 0.5 grams in 250 mL of D5W to infuse via IV piggyback within 45 minutes. The drop factor is set at 12 drops per minute. How many drops per minute will you regulate the IVPB to suffice this order? Fill in the blank and round off your final answer to the nearest whole number.

A primary healthcare provider orders ranitidine HCl (Zantac) 150 mg in 175 mL of D5W to infuse via intravenous piggyback over 45 minutes. The drop factor is set at 12 drops per mL. How many mL/hr will you set on the IV infusion pump? Fill in the blank and round to the nearest whole number for your final answer.

A health care provider orders cefoxitin (Mefoxin) 0.5 g in 275 mL of D5W to infuse IVPB over 2 hours; Drop Factor: 60 gtt/mL. How many gtts/min will you regulate the IV? Fill in the blank and round to the nearest whole number for your final answer.

A health care provider prescribes cephalothin (Keflin) 2 g in 100 ml D5W IVPB over 20 minutes. The I.V. tubing is 15 gtts/ml. Calculate the flow rate in drops per minute. Fill in the blank and round to the nearest whole number for your final answer.

A 44-year-old female patient with thrombosis is undergoing anticoagulant therapy. Her primary healthcare provider writes an order for heparin sodium 900 units per hour. The label on the IV bag contains 10,000 units of heparin in 500 mL of D5W. How many milliliters per hour is needed to deliver the correct dose? Fill in the blank and round to the nearest whole number for your final answer.

You have an order of heparin 1,000 units/hr from an I.V. bag mixed 40,000 units in 1 L D5W. Calculate for the milliliters per hour needed to deliver the correct amount of heparin. Fill in the blank and round to the nearest whole number for your final answer.

The patient’s Heparin is infusing at 28 ml/hr on an infusion pump. The bag of fluid is mixed with 20,000 units of Heparin in 500 ml D5W. Calculate how many units of heparin the patient is receiving hourly. Fill in the blank and round to the nearest whole number for your final answer. 

The patient’s heparin drip is infusing at 11 ml/hr on an infusion pump. The bag of fluid is mixed 25,000 units of Heparin in 250 ml D5W. Calculate how many units of heparin the patient is receiving hourly. Fill in the blank and round to the nearest whole number for your final answer.