A patient on mechanical ventilation is being assessed by the…

A patient on mechanical ventilation is being assessed by the nurse. Review the following settings on the ventilator screen. The nurse observes that the patient is triggering the ventilator more frequently than the set respiratory rate. What is the most appropriate nursing intervention at this time?  

Order for amiodarone 100mg in 100mL IV piggyback is to be ad…

Order for amiodarone 100mg in 100mL IV piggyback is to be administered over 15 minutes. The drop factor for the manual IV tubing is 15 drops(gtt)/mL.  The nurse should set the manual IV infusion to deliver how many drops(gtt)/min? Round to the whole drop.    _______drops(gtt)/min