Patient is recovering after a tonsillectomy she is sleeping but you notice that she swallow every few seconds she has an IV line of normal saline solution running at 100ml/hr   How do you respond  What should you be vigilant for? At how many gtts / min should her IV run if the tubing has a drop factor of 15?

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Patient is recovering after a tonsillectomy she is sleeping but you notice that she swallow every few seconds she has an IV line of normal saline solution running at 100ml/hr

 

  1. How do you respond 
  2. What should you be vigilant for?
  3. At how many gtts / min should her IV run if the tubing has a drop factor of 15? 
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