Test Bank for Calculating Drug Dosages: A Patient-Safe Approach To Nursing And Math 2nd Edition, 2e, By Sandra Luz Martinez De Castillo And Maryanne Werner, All Chapters 1-22 | LATEST

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2nd Edition by Castillo
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Chapter 1 - 22 Complete
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I. Safety in Medication Administration
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Chapter 1. Safety in Medication Administration
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Chapter 2. The Drug Label pc pc pc pc


II. Systems of Measurement
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Chapter 3. The Metric System
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Chapter 4. The Household System
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III. Methods of Calculation
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Chapter 5. Linear Ratio and Proportion
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Chapter 6. Fractional Ratio and Proportion
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Chapter 7. Dimensional Analysis
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Chapter 8. Formula Method pc pc pc


IV. Administration of Medications
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Chapter 9. Calculating Oral Medication Doses
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Chapter 10. Syringes and Needles
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Chapter 11. Calculating Parenteral Medication Dosages
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Chapter 12. Preparing Powdered Parenteral Medications
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Chapter 13. Administration of Insulin
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V. IV Therapy and Administration of Intravenous Medications
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Chapter 14. Intravenous Infusion and Infusion Rates
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Chapter 15. Calculating Infusion and Completion Time
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Chapter 16. Administering IV Push Medications
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VI. Verifying Safe Dose and Critical Care Calculations
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Chapter 17. Verifying Safe Dose
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Chapter 18. Titration of Intravenous Medications
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VII. Intake and Output
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Chapter 19. Calculating Intake and Output
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Chapter 20. Calculating Parenteral Intake
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VIII. Dosages for Pediatric and Older Adult Populations
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Chapter 21. Considerations for the Pediatric Patient
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Chapter 22. Considerations for the Older Adult
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Chapter 1: Safety in Medication Administration
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Castillo: Calculating Drug Dosages: A Patient-Safe Approach to Nursing and Math 2nd Edition
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1. The following medication order is in the patient’s medication administration record (MAR):
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methylPREDnisolone 40 mg PO daily at 0900. pc pc pc pc pc pc




After reading the order, the nurse correctly determines:
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A ―PO‖ is an inappropriate abbreviation. pc pc pc pc


B the medication order is written correctly. pc pc pc pc pc


C 40 mg should be written as 40mg. pc pc pc pc pc pc


D tall man lettering indicates that the drug is a narcotic.
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The medication order has all the required components (drug name, dose, route, a
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ndfrequency of administration) for a drug order. ―PO‖ is an appropriate abbreviat
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surement. Tall man lettering is used to distinguish the drug from another drug
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2. Which of the following accurately describes the ―Boxed Warning‖ found on a drug label?
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A It is primarily is used to identify the safe dose for the patient.
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B It is commonly found on all drug labels.pc pc pc pc pc pc pc


C It identifies serious potential risks and side effects related to drug use.
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D It protects the patient by providing information to decrease side effects.
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A drug label with a boxed warning provides information to healthcare professiona
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Boxed Warning is not the primary source for identifying the patient’s drug dosage
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The warning is found on specific prescription medications and does not provi
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3. When practicing safety in the administration of medication, for which of the followi
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A Regular insulin 5 u subcut now. pc pc pc pc pc


B Enoxaparin 80 mg subcut every 12 hours. pc pc pc pc pc pc


C Benadryl 50 mg PO PRN every 6 hr for itching.
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D Ondansetron 4 mg IVP stat. pc pc pc pc




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The ―u‖ should never be used in a medication order; rather, for safety, the wo
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components needed to safely carry out the medication order.
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4. A nurse is reviewing a drug label with a drug name written with tall man lettering. Which
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statements shows the nurse has a correct understanding of tall man lettering on a drug la
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A ―The tall man lettering means this is a high alert drug.‖
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B ―The tall man lettering helps me distinguish this drug with other drugs that
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have similar names.‖ pc pc


C ―The tall man lettering means that this drug must have a Boxed Warning.‖
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D ―The tall man lettering helps me quickly identify that this drug is an injectable
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Tall man lettering highlights a portion of the drug name to help distinguish fro
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warning, or identify injectable drugs.
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5. The following medication orders are found in the patient’s MAR:
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Metformin HCl 500 mg PO daily at 0900. Hydrochlorothiaz
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ide 25 mg PO every 12 hr at 0900 and 2100.Digoxin .25 mg
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In reading the medication orders for the 0700–
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1500 shift, the nurse determines that which ofthe following is the priority nursing interven
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B Clarify the hydrochlorothiazide order. pc pc pc


C Clarify the digoxin order. pc pc pc


D Prepare to administer the 0900 medications. pc pc pc pc pc



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