Question: can you help me understand the math on this question It is 0845 and you have placed a foley catheter with a urimeter attached per
can you help me understand the math on this question
It is 0845 and you have placed a foley catheter with a urimeter attached per physician's
orders and are to perform an hourly assessment of intake and output. Upon placing the foley
catheter you receive a return of 150 mls of urine. The physician has also ordered a pitocin
drip to be administered to begin the induction of labor. The order is to administer the pitocin
at 2 milliunits per minute and increase by 2 milliunits every 30 minutes until regular,
moderate contractions are achieved. You mix 20 units of pitocin in 1000 milliliterss of LR.
How many milliliters per hour will you set the IV pump for to achieve the rate of 2 milliunits
per minute?
The IV pump should be set to 100 mU/ minute.
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