Percent Change: Always positive; |original-new|original (100%) or

|original-new|original move the decimal point two places to the right.

Round to the tenth of a percent.

Courses of action:

If the percent change is greater than 25%, assess the patient and contact the prescriber.

If the percent change is less than 25%, assess the patient and change the flow rate.

A flow rate was initially set at 25 gtt per min; the flow rate was changed to 33 gtt per min.

What is the percent change between these two flow rates?

What is the course of action?

A flow rate was initially set at 30 gtt per min and then was changed to 28 gtt per min.

What is the percent change between these two flow rates?

What is the course of action?

A flow rate was initially set at 20 gtt per min and then was changed to 24 gtt per min.

What is the percent change between these two flow rates?

What is the course of action?

A flow rate was initially set at 30 gtt per min and then was changed to 20 gtt per min.

What is the percent change between these two flow rates?

What is the course of action?