{"id":133296,"date":"2024-08-22T19:04:41","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T19:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=133296"},"modified":"2024-08-22T19:04:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T19:04:43","slug":"a-client-who-weighs-176-pounds-receives-a-prescription-for-norepinephrine-2-mcg-min-intravenously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/22\/a-client-who-weighs-176-pounds-receives-a-prescription-for-norepinephrine-2-mcg-min-intravenously\/","title":{"rendered":"A client who weighs 176 pounds receives a prescription for norepinephrine 2 mcg\/min intravenously"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A client who weighs 176 pounds receives a prescription for norepinephrine 2 mcg\/min intravenously (IV). The IV bag is labeled, “Norepinephrine 4 mg in dextrose 5% in water (D;W) 1,000 mL.” How many mL\/hour should the nurse program the infusion pump? (Enter numerical value only.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To determine the infusion rate in mL\/hour for the norepinephrine IV, follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  1. Convert the prescribed dose from mcg\/min to mg\/hour:<\/strong>\n
      \n
    • Dosage prescribed = 2 mcg\/min<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Convert micrograms to milligrams: 1 mg = 1,000 mcg<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Dosage in mg\/min = 2 mcg\/min \u00f7 1,000 = 0.002 mg\/min<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Convert minutes to hours: 60 minutes in 1 hour<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Dosage in mg\/hour = 0.002 mg\/min \u00d7 60 min\/hour = 0.12 mg\/hour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Determine the concentration of norepinephrine in the IV bag:<\/strong>\n
        \n
      • The IV bag contains 4 mg of norepinephrine in 1,000 mL of solution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Concentration = 4 mg \/ 1,000 mL = 0.004 mg\/mL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Calculate the required infusion rate:<\/strong>\n
          \n
        • Infusion rate (mL\/hour) = Dosage required (mg\/hour) \u00f7 Concentration (mg\/mL)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Infusion rate = 0.12 mg\/hour \u00f7 0.004 mg\/mL = 30 mL\/hour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          So, the nurse should program the infusion pump to deliver 30 mL\/hour<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          A client who weighs 176 pounds receives a prescription for norepinephrine 2 mcg\/min intravenously (IV). The IV bag is labeled, “Norepinephrine 4 mg in dextrose 5% in water (D;W) 1,000 mL.” How many mL\/hour should the nurse program the infusion pump? (Enter numerical value only.). To determine the infusion rate in mL\/hour for the norepinephrine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}