Questions: A nurse is preparing to administer 0.9% sodium chloride 2,500 mL to infuse over 12 hr. The nurse should administer how many L? (Round the answer to the nearest tenth. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

A nurse is preparing to administer 0.9% sodium chloride 2,500 mL to infuse over 12 hr. The nurse should administer how many L? (Round the answer to the nearest tenth. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

Transcript text: A nurse is preparing to administer $0.9 \%$ sodium chloride $2,500 \mathrm{~mL}$ to infuse over 12 hr . The nurse should administer how many $L$ ? (Round the answer to the nearest tenth. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.) $\square$ PREVIOUS continue

Solution

Solution Steps

To convert milliliters to liters, we need to divide the volume in milliliters by 1,000, since there are 1,000 milliliters in a liter. After performing the division, we will round the result to the nearest tenth.

Step 1: Convert Milliliters to Liters

To convert the volume from milliliters to liters, we use the conversion factor $1 \, \text{L} = 1000 \, \text{mL}$. Therefore, the volume in liters is calculated as:

\[ \text{Volume in liters} = \frac{2500 \, \text{mL}}{1000} = 2.5 \, \text{L} \]

Step 2: Round to the Nearest Tenth

The volume in liters is already at one decimal place, so no further rounding is necessary. The value is $2.5$.