Exam 23: Heparin Calculations

Directions: Calculate the following hourly dosage of heparin (units/hr). - Order: 40 units/kg/hr heparin IV. The client weighs 116 lb. How many units should the client receive per hour? _____

Directions: Calculate the following hourly dosage of heparin (units/hr). - Order: 10,000 units of heparin in 500 mL 0.9% NS to infuse at 120 mL/hr units/hr = _____

Directions: Calculate the following hourly dosage of heparin (units/hr). - If a U for units was misread as a zero by the nurse for a heparin dose, the consequences to the client receiving the heparin could be ____________________________.

A client weighs 110 lb. The hospital protocol is 18 units/kg/hr. How many units per hour will the client receive? ___________________