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Test Bank For Calculating Drug Dosages A Patient-Safe Approach to Nursing and Math 2nd Edition by Castillo Chapter 1 - 22 Complete Table of Contents: I. Safety in Medication Administration Chapter 1. Safety in Medication Administration Chapter 2. The Drug Label II. Systems of Measurement Chapter 3. The Metric System Chapter 4. The Household System III. Methods of Calculation Chapter 5. Linear Ratio and Proportion Chapter 6. Fractional Ratio and Proportion Chapter 7. Dimensional Analysis Chapter 8. Formula Method IV. Administration of Medications Chapter 9. Calculating Oral Medication Doses Chapter 10. Syringes and Needles Chapter 11. Calculating Parenteral Medication Dosages Chapter 12. Preparing Powdered Parenteral Medications Chapter 13. Administration of Insulin V. IV Therapy and Administration of Intravenous Medications Chapter 14. Intravenous Infusion and Infusion Rates Chapter 15. Calculating Infusion and Completion Time Chapter 16. Administering IV Push Medications VI. Verifying Safe Dose and Critical Care Calculations Chapter 17. Verifying Safe Dose Chapter 18. Titration of Intravenous Medications VII. Intake and Output Chapter 19. Calculating Intake and Output Chapter 20. Calculating Parenteral Intake VIII. Dosages for Pediatric and Older Adult Populations Chapter 21. Considerations for the Pediatric Patient Chapter 22. Considerations for the Older Adult Castillo/Werner-McCullough: Calculating Drug Dosages, 2e 1 Chapter 1: Safety in Medication Administration Castillo: Calculating Drug Dosages: A Patient-Safe Approach to Nursing and Math 2nd Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The following medication order is in the patient’s medication administration record (MAR): methylPREDnisolone 40 mg PO daily at 0900. After reading the order, the nurse correctly determines: A “PO” is an inappropriate abbreviation. B the medication order is written correctly. C 40 mg should be written as 40mg. D tall man lettering indicates that the drug is a narcotic. ANSWER: B Feedback The medication order has all the required components (drug name, dose, route, and frequency of administration) for a drug order. “PO” is an appropriate abbreviation; 40 mg is written correctly with a space between the dose and the unit of measurement. Tall man lettering is used to distinguish the drug from another drug with a similar name.

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