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Nursing Conversion Problem…help Please!?

Your patient is taking two 7.5 grain tablets every four hours. The maximum safe dosage is 4 grams in 24 hours. Is his dose safe?
And…
A patient has an IVPB of dextrose 1 Gm in 50 cc D5W to run over 20 min. The tubing has a drip factor of 10. How many drops per min?
(I got 25 drops on this last one but I wasn’t sure…)

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