Med Math Exam 1 || A+ Guaranteed.
Three most common errors for novice nurses? correct answers 1. Medication Errors
2. Delay of treatment
3. Improper supervision: Patient Falls
5 interventions for nurses: correct answers 1. Increase awareness of potential error
(education/know why & assess)
2. Enhance effective critical thinking
3. Use of technology (personal computers/EHR & less handwriting)
4. Ask questions (don't guess)
5. Reduction medication error by -including a checklist & - improving nurse/doctor
communication (includes the 5 rights)
SBAR correct answers Situation
Background
Assessment
Reccomendation
Out comes from 5 interventions correct answers -improved patient outcomes
-reduced liability
-improved nurse retention
-lowering turnover are all potential benefits of reducing error made by novice nurses
Leading Zero correct answers If not a whole number then place the zero before the decimal
Examples: 0.50, 0.25
Trailing Zero correct answers Drop if whole number
Example: 10, 12
Rounding of Decimals for Tablets are broken into what fractions? correct answers 1/2 or 1/4
Rounding off decimals for liquids (in syringe) correct answers tenths or hundreds
Rounding off decimals for intravenous correct answers Drips are in whole number
Rule for rounding off decimals correct answers If the last number is 5 or greater, drop it (round it
off) and increase to by 1
Example: 0.76 becomes 0.8 or 0.44 becomes 0.4
Round off to nearest tenth or nearest hundreth
Percents in fraction correct answers 5% is 5/100
Percent as a ratio correct answers 5% is 5:100
, Percent as a decimal correct answers 5% is 0.05
Percentages are know as parts per what correct answers hundred
Fractions have what on top and what on bottom correct answers numerator on top and
denominator on bottom
Example 2/3
Ratio is what correct answers Relationship between to numbers separated by a colon
Example: 6:100
Kg correct answers Kilogram
g correct answers Gram
mg correct answers Miligram
mcg correct answers Microgram
1 kg is equal to how many grams correct answers 1000 g
1 g is equal to how many mg correct answers 1000 mg
1 mg is equal to how many mcg correct answers 1000 mcg
Converting from large to small (g to mg) correct answers 3 spaces to the right or multiply by
1,000
Converting from small to large (mg to g) correct answers 3 spaces to the left or divide by 1,000
The medication supply unit should be equal to what correct answers the medication order unit
tbsp correct answers Tablespoon
tsp correct answers Teaspoon
oz correct answers Ounce
qt correct answers Quart
lb correct answers Pound
cm correct answers centimenter
1 tsp equals how many mL correct answers 1 tsp = 5 mL
Three most common errors for novice nurses? correct answers 1. Medication Errors
2. Delay of treatment
3. Improper supervision: Patient Falls
5 interventions for nurses: correct answers 1. Increase awareness of potential error
(education/know why & assess)
2. Enhance effective critical thinking
3. Use of technology (personal computers/EHR & less handwriting)
4. Ask questions (don't guess)
5. Reduction medication error by -including a checklist & - improving nurse/doctor
communication (includes the 5 rights)
SBAR correct answers Situation
Background
Assessment
Reccomendation
Out comes from 5 interventions correct answers -improved patient outcomes
-reduced liability
-improved nurse retention
-lowering turnover are all potential benefits of reducing error made by novice nurses
Leading Zero correct answers If not a whole number then place the zero before the decimal
Examples: 0.50, 0.25
Trailing Zero correct answers Drop if whole number
Example: 10, 12
Rounding of Decimals for Tablets are broken into what fractions? correct answers 1/2 or 1/4
Rounding off decimals for liquids (in syringe) correct answers tenths or hundreds
Rounding off decimals for intravenous correct answers Drips are in whole number
Rule for rounding off decimals correct answers If the last number is 5 or greater, drop it (round it
off) and increase to by 1
Example: 0.76 becomes 0.8 or 0.44 becomes 0.4
Round off to nearest tenth or nearest hundreth
Percents in fraction correct answers 5% is 5/100
Percent as a ratio correct answers 5% is 5:100
, Percent as a decimal correct answers 5% is 0.05
Percentages are know as parts per what correct answers hundred
Fractions have what on top and what on bottom correct answers numerator on top and
denominator on bottom
Example 2/3
Ratio is what correct answers Relationship between to numbers separated by a colon
Example: 6:100
Kg correct answers Kilogram
g correct answers Gram
mg correct answers Miligram
mcg correct answers Microgram
1 kg is equal to how many grams correct answers 1000 g
1 g is equal to how many mg correct answers 1000 mg
1 mg is equal to how many mcg correct answers 1000 mcg
Converting from large to small (g to mg) correct answers 3 spaces to the right or multiply by
1,000
Converting from small to large (mg to g) correct answers 3 spaces to the left or divide by 1,000
The medication supply unit should be equal to what correct answers the medication order unit
tbsp correct answers Tablespoon
tsp correct answers Teaspoon
oz correct answers Ounce
qt correct answers Quart
lb correct answers Pound
cm correct answers centimenter
1 tsp equals how many mL correct answers 1 tsp = 5 mL
