The video, presented by a host and lead nurse Nicole, teaches nursing students a six‑step systematic approach to solving feeding tube dosage calculations. The steps are: (1) identify what is needed, (2) identify the ordered parameters, (3) determine required conversions, (4) solve the calculation, (5) check the answer, and (6) verify the work. Three worked examples illustrate the method: (a) calculating total volume for a Peptamin infusion run continuously at 30 mL/hr for 24 hr (result = 720 mL); (b) determining the time required for a Glucerna can (240 mL) diluted to quarter strength and infused at 100 mL/hr (result = 9 hr 36 min); (c) finding the pump rate for a Jevity can (240 mL) at three‑quarter strength to be delivered over 2 hr (result = 160 mL/hr). After the instructional segment, the video promotes a paid dosage‑calculations course covering a broader range of nursing dosage topics. The tone is instructional and supportive, with enthusiastic encouragement for viewers to subscribe and use the provided resources.
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In this video, we are going to walk through how to do feeding tube dosage calculations for nursing school. We'll walk you through a simple step by step process to get feeding tube calculations right every single time on your nursing school exams. And of course we have a full dosage calculations cheat sheet that walks you through this simple six step process for getting dose calc questions right every single time. So don't worry, friend, you don't need to figure everything out alone anymore for nursing school. We are here to walk you through it. And if you want a deep dive into this six step process, be sure to check out this video. Now, our lead nurse on our team, Nicole, is going to walk you through these feeding tube practice problems. So hit that subscribe button and click the notification bell and let's dive in.
All right, so let's get started talking about feeding calculations and how to solve those problems. So we're going to follow our six steps. We always follow. So step number one, figure out what you need. Step number two, figure out which is ordered. Step number three, decide what conversions you need. Step number four, solve. And then number five, check your answer. And number six, check your work. So let's get started with these three problems. We'll solve them together and then you can run through the other problems in the practice workbook to help make sure you feel super confident on these types of problems. All right, let's get started. Your patient is ordered for peptamin to run continuously at 30mls per hour. You're preparing your patient's formula for the next 24 hours. How much peptamin do you need to prepare? So how much do we need? That is what we are ordered. So how much peptamin do you need? That is going to be a volume, so it's mls. What we have ordered is it to be run at 30mls per hour for 24 hours. So we know we need to run it at 30mls per hour for 24 hours. Our conversions are going to be 30mls per hour and we know we need to get 24 hours. So we have another hour down here. We have 24 hours hours and we need MLS. So we are going to cross off our hours here and we're going to get MLS. So 30 times 24 is going to be 7, 20 and that is going to be our answer. So again, what we did, we needed MLS. We had our conversions here. So 30 MLS per hour and we needed it for 24 hours. So we were able to get 720 MLS total is what we're going to need to prepare. All right, let's go on down to number two. So the doctor orders Glucerna one can, 240 milliliters per can to be diluted at a quarter strength and run at 100mls per hour. How long will it take for the feed to be completed? So let's start with step number one. What do we need? So we are going to need how long? So that is hours. And then let's talk about what the order is. The order is one can or 240mls to be diluted at a quarter strength and run for 100mls per hour. So 240mls run at a quarter strength times at 100mls per hour. So first step is we need to figure out what the total volume is so that we can make sure we know how much to run it at. So we are going to do 240mL run at a quarter strength. So one quarter strength. We are going to do 240 at a quarter strength is going to be 960 for our total volume. So this is our total volume that we're going to need for our patient. That is going to be 960 is the total volume run at a quarter strength. So it's the one can at a quarter strength gives us 960 for the total volume. Then we're going to need to run that 960mL. So 960mL at 100mls per hour. So we know we have 100mls per hour. To get this the right way, we have one hour is 100 mls. We're gonna be able to cross off our mls and we're gonna get one hour. So 960 divided by 100 is gonna be 9.6 hours. Now 0.6 hours is a little confusing, so we're gonna get that to minutes. In order to do that, we're gonna come on over here. So we have 0.6 hours and we need to get it to minutes. One hour equals 60 minutes. So we're gonna put our and our 60 minutes up here. That's going to cross off our hours and we're going to be left with 36 minutes. When you do 0.6 times 6, you get 3 6. So that's 36 minutes. So our total answer is going to be 9 hours and 36 minutes. So that's going to be how long the feed will take. So we know we're answering our question. We did what we what was ordered.240 at a quarter strength for 100mls per hour and Then what we how long it will take? So 9 hours and 36 minutes. All right, let's do the last one. Your patient is ordered for one can, 240mls of Jevity 1.2 at 3/4 strength to run over two hours. How fast will you set your feeding pump to run? So what do we need? How fast? So that's going to be milliliters per hour because that's our rate. So how fast? Milliliters per hour. Now let's get our convert our orders. So our order is going to be one can or 240mls at three quarter strength in two hours. So 240 at three quarter strength. We need to find the total volume for that so that we can solve how long, how much is going to go in in two hours. So 240 at 3/4 strength. So we're going to do our 240 times 4 divided by 3 equals 320mls total total volume. And we need that 320ml total to run over two hours. So we're going to do again 320ml over two hours and it's going to give us our milliliters per hour, which is what we need. So 320 divided by 2 is going to be 1, 6, 60ml per hour. So again what we did, we found out what we needed, which was how fast, which is milliliters per hour. And then we found out what the order was. So 240 at 3/4 strength in 2 hours we got our total volume by doing 240 at 3/4 strength equals 320mls, which is our total volume. And then we did our total volume over the rate. So we need 320mls over two hours and that's going to give us milliliters per hour. So 160mlml per hour.
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