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Description: This professional Test Bank for Calculating Drug Dosages: A Patient-Safe Approach to Nursing and Math, 1st Edition by Sandra Luz Martinez de Castillo and Maryanne Werner-McCullough, is a specialized assessment suite designed to ensure medication safety and mathematical proficiency in clinical settings. The curriculum is comprehensively covered across 22 chapters: Chapter 1: Safety in Medication Administration, Chapter 2: The Drug Label, Chapter 3: The Metric System, Chapter 4: The Household System, Chapter 5: Linear Ratio and Proportion, Chapter 6: Fractional Ratio and Proportion, Chapter 7: Dimensional Analysis, Chapter 8: The Formula Method, Chapter 9: Calculating Oral Medication Doses, Chapter 10: Syringes and Needles, Chapter 11: Calculating Parenteral Medication Doses, Chapter 12: Preparing Powdered Parenteral Medications, Chapter 13: Administration of Insulin, Chapter 14: Intravenous Infusions and Infusion Rates, Chapter 15: Calculating Infusion and Completion Time, Chapter 16: Administering Direct IV Medications, Chapter 17: Verifying Safe Dose, Chapter 18: Titration of Intravenous Medications, Chapter 19: Calculating Intake and Output, Chapter 20: Parenteral Intake, Chapter 21: Considerations for the Pediatric Population, and Chapter 22: Considerations for the Older Adult Population.

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Calculating Drug Dosages: A
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Nursing and Math, 1st Edition
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TEST BANK
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Sandra Luz Martinez de Castillo
Maryanne Werner-McCullough

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Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors
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Calculating Drug Dosages: A Patient-Safe Approach to
Nursing and Math — Complete Test Bank
Sandra Luz Martinez de Castillo and Maryanne Werner-McCullough
ISBN: 9780803624962
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Chapter 1: Safety in Medication Administration
Chapter 2: The Drug Label
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Chapter 3: The Metric System
Chapter 4: The Household System
Chapter 5: Linear Ratio and Proportion
Chapter 6: Fractional Ratio and Proportion
Chapter 7: Dimensional Analysis
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Chapter 8: The Formula Method
Chapter 9: Calculating Oral Medication Doses
Chapter 10: Syringes and Needles
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Chapter 11: Calculating Parenteral Medication Doses
Chapter 12: Preparing Powdered Parenteral Medications
Chapter 13: Administration of Insulin
Chapter 14: Intravenous Infusions and Infusion Rates
Chapter 15: Calculating Infusion and Completion Time
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Chapter 16: Administering Direct IV Medications
Chapter 17: Verifying Safe Dose
Chapter 18: Titration of Intravenous Medications
Chapter 19: Calculating Intake and Output
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Chapter 20: Parenteral Intake
Chapter 21: Considerations for the Pediatric Population
Chapter 22: Considerations for the Older Adult Population
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, Test Bank for Calculating Drug Dosages A Patient-
Safe Approach to Nursing and Math, 1e Sandra Luz
Martinez De Castillo (Answers at the end of each
chapter)
Chapter 1: Safety in Medication Administration
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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____ 1. What are the recommendations from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) for nurses in order to reduce
medication errors?
1. Maintain accurate records of all medications.
2. Display openness regarding errors and problems.
3. Take greater responsibility for monitoring medications and reporting changes.
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4. All of the above

____ 2. A nursing instructor asks a nursing student about the Institute of Medicine (IOM). What information
given by the student nurse indicates a need for further teaching?
1. “It is an independent, profitable organization established in 1975.”
2. “It serves to inform government policy makers on national health-care issues.”
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3. “It provides reliable information and makes recommendations for best practices.”
4. “It advocates for the establishment of a partnership between the patient and the
healthcare provider.”
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____ 3. A nursing student is discussing the Institute of Safe Medication Practices (ISMP). What answer
given by the student indicates the need for further teaching?
1. “It is a nonprofit agency established in 1975.”
2. “Its primary purpose is to identify the causes of medication errors.”
3. “It recommends evidence-based strategies for the prevention of medication errors.”
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4. None of the above

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Please review the medication order shown and select the statement that applies to the order.
1. The ordered dose has a trailing zero.
2. The medication order is correctly written.
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3. The nurse is correct to question the medication order.
4. The unit “mg” should be spelled out to read “milligrams.”

, Calculating Drug Dosages A Patient-Safe Approach to
Nursing and Math, 1e Sandra Luz Martinez De Castillo
(Answers at the end of each chapter)
____ 5. What is the nurse least likely to find in a medication order?
1. Ordered dose
2. Route of administration
3. Medication composition
4. Patient identification information
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____ 6. The nurse needs to administer ampicillin to a client with pneumonia and has correctly identified the
client and basic components of the medication order in the medication administration record (MAR).
Apart from these, what else does the nurse need to look for in the medication order to ensure safe
administration of the drug based on the client’s clinical condition?
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1. Ordered dose
2. Route of administration
3. Frequency of administration
4. Additional physician instructions

____ 7. The nurse is reviewing a paper copy of a newly admitted client’s medication administration record
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(MAR). What is the most appropriate nursing action?
1. Administer the dose as ordered.
2. Ask another nurse to verify the dose.
3. Question the dose with the pharmacist.
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4. Check the medication order to verify the dose.

____ 8. What is correct regarding organizations that embrace a “culture of safety”?
1. They have the concept of “just culture” as an integral component.
2. They promote activities that create a continuous awareness for patient safety.
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3. Both 1 and 2
4. None of the above

____ 9. A nursing instructor asks a student to cite examples of medical errors that may occur while dealing
with clients and their medication due to at-risk behaviors of the nurse. Which example given by the
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student indicates a need for further teaching?
1. “Forgetting to double-check medications per the institutional policy”
2. “Omitting the use of two patient identifiers prior to giving medications”
3. “Overlooking the six rights of medication administration, thereby taking shortcuts”
4. None of the above

____ 10. In which phases of the medication process does the nurse need to be most cautious about the
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occurrence of medication errors?
1. Prescribing and dispensing phases
2. Dispensing and monitoring phases
3. Prescribing and administering phases
4. Administering and monitoring phases
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