00:01
Let’s wrap up
this video series.
00:02
I hope you enjoyed practicing
these drip rates with us.
00:05
The primary IV lines
are longer
and their volumes are larger
than secondary lines.
00:11
Secondary IV lines are for
intermittent medications
that are often called
IV piggybacks or IVPB.
00:19
The size of the IV drop is regulated
by the IV tubing set being used.
00:25
So be sure to note what the size is
on the tubing set you’re using.
00:29
Most hospitals will have more than
one size of infusion tubing.
00:33
The drop per mL is printed on
each IV tubing package.
00:37
If no pump
is available,
you may need to convert mL to hour
to drops per minute
and I know that
you can do it.
00:44
Thanks for watching
our video today.
The lecture IV Tubing and Flow Rate Calculation: In a Nutshell (Nursing) by Rhonda Lawes, PhD, RN is from the course Dosage Calculation (Nursing).
When one is calculating flow rates, what is the size of the IV gtt regulated by?
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