Order: 500 mL at 50 mL over 1 hour. The infusion started at 7 am. What time will the infusion end ?

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To calculate the time when the infusion will end, we need to find out how many hours it will take to infuse the entire volume of 500 mL at a rate of 50 mL per hour.

First, we divide the total volume (500 mL) by the infusion rate (50 mL/hr) to find out how many hours it will take to infuse the solution:
500 mL รท 50 mL/hr = 10 hours

So, the infusion will take a total of 10 hours.

Adding this to the starting time of 7 am, we can calculate the end time.
Since the infusion started at 7 am, we will add 10 hours to get the end time:
7 am + 10 hours = 5 pm

Therefore, the infusion will end at 5 pm.