A patient is to receive 1000 mL of D5W intravenously over 6 hours.The tubing set has a drop factor of 15 gtt/mL.How many drops per minute are needed to infuse this fluid in the prescribed time?
_____ gtt per minute
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1000 mL in 6 hours = 167 mL...
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