Question

A nurse is preparing to transfuse 250 mL of packed RBCs to a patient over four hours. Available is a blood administration set that delivers 10 GTT/mL. The nurse should set the manual blood transfusion to deliver how many GTT/min? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero)

Answer 1

The nurse should set the manual blood transfusion to deliver approximately 62 GTT/min.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how many drops per minute the nurse should set the manual blood transfusion to deliver, we need to calculate the flow rate in GTT/min. First, we need to convert the volume of blood to mL/hr by multiplying 250 mL by 60 min/hr and then dividing by 4 hr. This gives us a flow rate of 375 mL/hr. Next, we convert mL/hr to GTT/min by multiplying by the drop factor of 10 GTT/mL and dividing by 60 min/hr. After performing the calculation, the nurse should set the manual blood transfusion to deliver approximately 62 GTT/min.