IV Drip Rate Calculation—Dimensional Analysis for Nurses

Learn how to calculate manual IV drip rate using dimensional analysis, breaking down each step with clear examples for nursing students. This video offers important medicine safety tips to help nursing and includes a student challenge to practice the skill and a detailed solution walkthrough, perfect for NCLEX review and nursing school math. Master your nursing math!

You'll walk through:
✅ Converting hours to minutes
✅ Using drop factors (macrodrip sets)
✅ Setting up your dimensional analysis
✅ Canceling units and solving accurately
✅ Rounding to whole drops (the safe way)

💡 Real orders, clinical context, and step-by-step guidance designed for Fundamentals and early clinical students.

🧠 You’ll calculate drip rates using 15 gtt/mL, 20 gtt/mL, and 12 gtt/mL tubing, solve with confidence, and learn how to adapt the method to any manual IV order.

📺 Watch Part A (mL/hr calculations):    • Master IV Flow Rate Dosage Calculation  
🩺 Stay tuned for Part C: Weight-Based Titration (mcg/kg/min)

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