A nurse is preparing to administer an IV infusion of metoprolol prescribed at 0.052 mg/kg/hr for a client weighing 64.5 kg. The medication is available in a concentration of 0.2 mg/mL. The infusion pump can only be programmed to whole numbers. What is the safest and most accurate infusion rate the nurse should program on the pump?

Program the pump to 16.7 mL/hr since the calculation requires a tenth decimal precision.

Program the pump to 16 mL/hr to avoid overdosing since 16.77 rounds down to 16.

Program the pump to 17 mL/hr, rounding the calculated rate of 16.77 mL/hr to the nearest whole number.

Calculate the dose per minute and program the pump to deliver 1 mL/min to simplify administration.