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ONPS2648 Therapeutics for Nursing 2 1. Your patient has been prescribed the following: 1000mL 0.9% NaCl to run over 12 hours. You are going to administer via an IV pump. What rate would you set the pump at? Answer to the nearest whole number. 1000 - 84 12 2. Your patient has been prescribed the following: 500ml Hartmann's solution to run over 12 hours. Using an IV giving set with a drop factor of 15, calculate the rate in drops/min. so 12 x 60 3. Bernard Hinault has been commenced on an IV Heparin infusion: 25,000 UNITS of Heparin in a 100 ml bag of 0.9% NaCl. Fill in the gaps in the table below Pump rate ml/hr UNITS of Heparin/hr 4 ml/hr 1000 UNITS/Hr 6 ml/hr 1750 UNITS/hr 9.5 ml/hr 4. 24 hours have past and the IV Heparin infusion is still in progress currently running at 5ml/hr. Based on Eleanor's most recent APTT she now needs to receive 1,375 units/hr. What rate in ml/hr will you adjust the pump to? 5. Eleanor Patel weighs 60kg and is taking part in a clinical trial of a new drug which is not yet named. The dose to be administered is 15mg/kg. The drug comes in ampoules of 100mg/2mL and 250mg/5mL. What is the volume of the drug (in mL) that you will need to draw up?