WCU Medication Math Problem #8 - Calculating Drops Per Minute

[kennethmorerosalin]

short version: 1000L ÷ 24hours x 60(drop factor) ÷ 60minutes

[albinashaumyan]

Aren’t you supposed to round to the nearest whole number?

[michaelyllanes]

What is the rounding rule when it relates to gtts?
Is it the same as mL's, when the value is greater than 1 we round to the tenths and less than 1 we round to hundredths?

[jamielynn]

What about looking for infusion time..like 350mL of D5W, if drop rate is 15gtt/min and drop factor 10th/mL…😩

[janeljauregui]

I set up my equation as 2, 000mL/ 24hrs= 15gtts/ 1mL and did the equation that way and got the same answer… does it matter how you set it up?