CALCULATING DRUG DOSAGES: l l
A Patient-Safe Approach to Nursing and Math
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2nd Edition
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Castillo | Werner-McCullough
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TableloflContents:
I. SafetylinlMedicationlAdministrationl Chapterl1.lS
afetylinlMedicationlAdministrationl Chapterl2.lThelDru
glLabel
II. SystemsloflMeasurementl Chapt
erl3.lThelMetriclSysteml Chapterl4.lThel
HouseholdlSystem
III. MethodsloflCalculation
Chapterl5.lLinearlRatiolandlProportionl Chapterl6.lFr
actionallRatiolandlProportionl Chapterl7.lDimensiona
llAnalysis
Chapterl8.lFormulalMethod
IV. AdministrationloflMedications
Chapterl9.lCalculatinglOrallMedicationlDosesl Chapter
l10.lSyringeslandlNeedles
Chapterl11.lCalculatinglParenterallMedicationlDosagesl Chapte
rl12.lPreparinglPowderedlParenterallMedicationsl Chapterl13.lA
dministrationloflInsulin
V. IVlTherapylandlAdministrationloflIntravenouslMedications
Chapterl14.lIntravenouslInfusionlandlInfusionlRatesl Chapterl15.lC
alculatinglInfusionlandlCompletionlTimel Chapterl16.lAdministering
lIVlPushlMedications
VI. VerifyinglSafelDoselandlCriticallCarelCalculations
Chapterl17.lVerifyinglSafelDose
Chapterl18.lTitrationloflIntravenouslMedications
VII. IntakelandlOutput
Chapterl19.lCalculatinglIntakelandlOutputl Chapterl20.l
CalculatinglParenterallIntake
VIII. DosageslforlPediatriclandlOlderlAdultlPopulations
Chapterl21.lConsiderationslforlthelPediatriclPatientl Chapterl22.lCo
nsiderationslforlthelOlderlAdult
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Chapterl1:lSafetylinlMedicationlAdministration
Castillo:lCalculatinglDruglDosages:lAlPatient-SafelApproachltolNursinglandlMathl2ndlEdition
MULTIPLElCHOICE
1. Thelfollowinglmedicationlorderlislinlthelpatient’slmedicationladministrationlrecordl(MAR):
methylPREDnisolonel40lmglPOldailylatl0900.
Afterlreadinglthelorder,lthelnurselcorrectlyldetermines:l A
“PO”lislanlinappropriatelabbreviation.
B thelmedicationlorderlislwrittenlcorrectly.l C
40lmglshouldlbelwrittenlasl40mg.
D talllmanlletteringlindicateslthatltheldruglislalnarcotic.
ANS:lB
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Thelmedicationlorderlhaslalllthelrequiredlcomponentsl(druglname,ldose,lroute,landl frequencylofl
administration)lforlaldruglorder.l“PO”lislanlappropriatelabbreviation;l 40lmglislwrittenlcorrectlylwit
hlalspacelbetweenltheldoselandlthelunitlofl measurement.lTalllmanlletteringlislusedltoldistinguishl
theldruglfromlanotherldrugl withlalsimilarlname.
2. Whichloflthelfollowinglaccuratelyldescribeslthel“BoxedlWarning”lfoundlonlaldrugllabel?l A
Itlislprimarilylislusedltolidentifylthelsafeldoselforlthelpatient.
B Itlislcommonlylfoundlonlallldrugllabels.
C Itlidentifieslseriouslpotentiallriskslandlsideleffectslrelatedltoldrugluse.l D
Itlprotectslthelpatientlbylprovidinglinformationltoldecreaselsideleffects.
ANS:lC
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Aldrugllabellwithlalboxedlwarninglprovideslinformationltolhealthcarelprofessionalsl andlpatientslr
egardinglthelseriouslriskslandlsideleffectslrelatedltoltheldrug.lThel BoxedlWarninglislnotlthelprim
arylsourcelforlidentifyinglthelpatient’sldrugldosage.l Thelwarninglislfoundlonlspecificlprescriptionl
medicationslandldoeslnotlprovidel informationltolreducelorldecreaselsideleffects.
3. Whenlpracticinglsafetylinltheladministrationloflmedication,lforlwhichloflthelfollowingl medicationlord
erslshouldlalnurselseeklclarificationlbeforeltheladministrationloflthel medication?
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A Regularlinsulinl5lulsubcutlnow.
B Enoxaparinl80lmglsubcutleveryl12lhours.
C Benadryll50lmglPOlPRNleveryl6lhrlforlitching.l D
Ondansetronl4lmglIVPlstat.
ANS:lA
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Thel“u”lshouldlneverlbelusedlinlalmedicationlorder;lrather,lforlsafety,lthelwordl “units”lshouldlb
elspelledlout.lThelotherlanswerloptionslcontainlthelrequiredl componentslneededltolsafelylcar
ryloutlthelmedicationlorder.
4. Alnurselislreviewinglaldrugllabellwithlaldruglnamelwrittenlwithltalllmanllettering.lWhichl statementslshowslt
helnurselhaslalcorrectlunderstandinglofltalllmanlletteringlonlaldrugllabel?l A
“Theltalllmanlletteringlmeanslthislislalhighlalertldrug.”
B “Theltalllmanlletteringlhelpslmeldistinguishlthisldruglwithlotherldrugslthatl havelsimilarl
names.”
C “TheltalllmanlletteringlmeanslthatlthisldruglmustlhavelalBoxedlWarning.”
D “Theltalllmanlletteringlhelpslmelquicklylidentifylthatlthisldruglislanlinjectablel drug.”
ANS:lB
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Talllmanlletteringlhighlightslalportionlofltheldruglnameltolhelpldistinguishlfroml similarldruglna
mes.lItlislnotlusedltolidentifylhighlalertldrugs,lhighlightlalboxedl warning,lorlidentifylinjectableld
rugs.
5. Thelfollowinglmedicationlorderslarelfoundlinlthelpatient’slMAR:
MetforminlHCll500lmglPOldailylatl0900.l Hydrochlorothiazidel25lmglP
Oleveryl12lhrlatl0900landl2100.l Digoxinl.25lmglPOldailylatl0900.
Inlreadinglthelmedicationlorderslforlthel0700–
1500lshift,lthelnurseldetermineslthatlwhichlofl thelfollowinglislthelprioritylnursinglintervention?
A ClarifylthelmetforminlHCllorder.
B Clarifylthelhydrochlorothiazidelorder.l C
Clarifyltheldigoxinlorder.
D
Prepareltoladministerlthel0900lmedications.l ANS:
l C
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