IV Flow Rates and Infusion Time Practice
Adding Time Intervals Practice
IV Flow Rates and Infusion Time Knowledge Check
IV Flow Rates Extended Practice 1
1. A nurse practitioner orders 500 mL of 0.9% normal saline to infuse over two hours.
How many milliliters per hour will the nurse program the IV infusion device?
2. A physician orders 1,000 mL of D5W ½ NS to infuse over six hours. The IV tubing has a 20 drop per milliliter factor.
How many drops per minute will the nurse infuse the IV fluids (Round final answer to the nearest whole number)?
3. A nurse practitioner orders 500 mL of 0.9% normal saline to infuse over two hours.
The IV tubing has a 60 drop per milliliter factor. How many drops per minute will the nurse infuse the IV fluids?
4. A patient has 500 mL of 0.9% normal saline ordered to infuse over three hours. The IV tubing has a 15 drop per milliliter factor.
How many drops per minute will the nurse infuse the IV fluids? (Round final answer to the nearest whole number)?
5. A total of 1,800 mL of TPN is ordered to infuse during 8 PM and 6 AM.
How many milliliters per hour will the nurse program the IV infusion device?
6. Vancomycin 1 g/100 mL is ordered to be infused IV twice daily over one hour.
How many milliliters per hour will the nurse program the IV infusion device?
7. A total of 60 mEq of potassium chloride/200 mL is ordered to infuse at a rate of 10 mEq potassium chloride per hour.
How many milliliters per hour will the nurse program the IV infusion device?
8. A patient with terminal cancer has morphine sulfate ordered at a rate of 4 milligrams per hour. The morphine sulfate has a concentration of 50 mg/100 mL.
How many milliliters per hour will the nurse program the IV infusion device?
9. A physician orders Kefzol 1 gram/25 mL IV over 15 minutes every eight hours.
How many milliliters per hour would the nurse program the IV infusion device?
10. Cefepime 500 mg in 50 mL of NS is ordered IV every 12 hours. The pharmacy suggests infusing the Cefepime over 30 minutes. The IV tubing has a 60 drop per milliliter drop factor.
How many drops per minute would the nurse infuse the medication?
11. A physician orders Ofirmev 1,000 mg in 100 mL of normal saline IV over 30 minutes as a one-time dose.
How many milliliters per hour would the nurse program the IV infusion device?
12. A patient has Acyclovir 480 mg in 150 mL of NS ordered to infuse over 120 minutes. The IV tubing has a 20 drop per milliliter factor.
How many drops per minute would the Acyclovir be infused (Round final answer to the nearest whole number)?
13. A patient on a ventilator has an order for a Lorazepam infusion at a rate of 1 milligram per hour for sedation. The Lorazepam arrives from the pharmacy and has a 10 mg/50 mL concentration.
How many milliliters per hour will the nurse program the IV infusion device?
14. Kefzol 1 gram/50 mL IV over 30 minutes is ordered every eight hours. The IV tubing has a 60 drop per milliliter factor.
How many drops per minute would the Kefzol be infused?
15. Piperacillin 2 grams in 100 mL of NS is ordered to infuse over 30 minutes four times per day.
How many milliliters per hour would the nurse program the IV infusion device?
16. A patient has Piperacillin 3 grams in 100 mL of NS ordered to infuse over 30 minutes twice daily. The IV tubing has a 10 drop per milliliter factor.
How many drops per minute would the Piperacillin be infused (Round final answer to the nearest whole number)?
17. One unit of packed red blood cells containing 300 milliliters arrives from the blood bank. The blood tubing has a 20 drop per milliliter factor.
How many drops per minute would the nurse transfuse the blood over two hours (Round final answer to the nearest whole number)?
18. Esomeprazole 40 mg in 50 mL NS IV to be infused over 30 minutes daily is ordered. The IV tubing has a 60 drop per milliliter factor.
How many drops per minute would the esomeprazole be infused (Round final answer to the nearest whole number)?
Answer key is located in the Appendix
IV Flow Rates Extended Practice 2
1. Order: D5W to infuse at 100 mL/hr.
Drop factor: 10 gtt/mL.
At what rate in gtt/min should the IV be regulated (Round to the nearest whole number)?
2. Order: IV medication in 50 mL NS in 20 minutes.
Drop factor: Microdrop (60 gtt/mL).
At what rate in gtt/min should the IV be regulated (Round to the nearest whole number)?
3. Order: 1000 mL D5W to infuse in eight hours.
Drop factor: 20 gtt/mL.
At what rate gtt/min should IV be regulated (Round to the nearest whole number)?
4. Order: 1500 mL 0.9% NS in ten hours.
Drop factor: 15 gtt/mL.
At what rate in gtt/min should the IV infuse (Round to the nearest whole number)?
5. Order: 1500 mL 0.9% NS in 10 hr.
Drop factor: 15 gtt/mL.
At what rate in gtt/min should the IV infuse (Round to the nearest whole number)?
6. Order: Keflin 2 g IVPB (piggyback) over 30 minutes. The Keflin is placed in 100 mL of fluid after it is dissolved.
Drop factor: 15 gtt/mL.
What drip rate should be used (Round to the nearest whole number)?
7. Order: Mezlocillin 3 g IV piggyback in 130 mL NS over one hour.
Drop factor: 15 gtt/mL.
At what rate in gtt/min should the IV be regulated (Round to the nearest whole number)?
8. Order: Mezlocillin 3 g IV piggyback in 130 mL NS over one hour.
Drop factor: 15 gtt/mL.
At what rate in gtt/min should the IV be regulated (Round to the nearest whole number)?
9. Calculate the infusion time for an IV of 1000 mL D5W infusing at a rate of 125 mL/hr.
10. An IV of 500 mL NS is to infuse at 60 mL/hr.
What is the infusion time in hours?
The IV was started at 10:00 PM. When would the IV infusion be completed in military time?
11. An IV of 250 mL D5W is to infuse at 80 mL/hr.
What is the infusion time in hours? The IV started at 2:00 AM.
When would the IV infusion be completed in military time?
12. At 0600 you started an IV with 1000 mL D5 RL to infuse at 60 mL/hr.
What time will the infusion be complete? Answer in military time.
13. At 1400 you started an IV with 500 mL D5W to infuse at 75 ml/hr.
What time will the infusion be complete? Answer in military time.
14. If an IV is to be running at 75 mL/hr,
How many gtt/min should it be running at if the nurse is using microdrip tubing (60 gtt/mL) (Round to the nearest whole number)?
15. If a nurse is using IV tubing with a drop factor of 10 gtt/mL and the IV is supposed to be running at 21 mL/hr,
How many gtt/min should the IV be set at (Round to the nearest whole number)?
Answer key is located in the Appendix
Infusion Time – Extended Practice
1. An IV of 500 mL NS to infuse at 60 mL/hr.
Determine the infusion time.
If the IV was started at 2200, when would the IV infusion be completed?
2. An IV of 250 mL D5W is to infuse at 80 mL/hr.
Determine the infusion time.
If the IV was started at 0200, when would the IV infusion be completed?
3. 1000 mL of D5W is to infuse at 40 mL/hr.
Determine the infusion time.
If the IV was started at 1410 on August 26, when would the IV infusion be completed?
4. An IV of 1000 mL D5 RL is to infuse at 60 mL/hr.
Determine the infusion time.
If the IV was started at 0600, when would the infusion be completed?
5. An IV of 500 mL D5W is to infuse at 75 mL/hr.
Determine the infusion time.
If the IV was started at 1400, when would the infusion be completed?
6. A patient is receiving 250 mL of NS at 17 gtt/min. The drop factor is 15 gtt/mL.
Determine the infusion time.
If the IV was started at 1200, when would the infusion be completed?
7. A patient is receiving 1000 mL D5W. The IV is infusing at 30 gtt/min. The drop factor is 20 gtt/mL.
Determine the infusion time.
If the IV was started at 0610, when would the infusion be completed?
8. A patient is receiving 1000 mL D5W at 20 gtt/min. The drop factor is 10 gtt/mL.
Determine the infusion time.
If the IV was started at 1800 hours, when would the infusion be completed?
9. A patient is receiving 100 mL at 10 gtt/min. The drop factor is 15 gtt/mL.
Determine the infusion time.
If the IV was started at 2200, when would the infusion be completed?
10. A patient is receiving 1000 mL of RL. The IV is infusing at 21 gtt/min. The drop factor is 10 gtt/mL.
Calculate the infusion time.
If the IV was started at 0800, when would the infusion be completed?
Answer key is located in the Appendix
