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Test Bank For Calculating Drug Dosages A Patient-Safe
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2nd Edition by Castillo
Chapter 1 - 22 Complete

,Table of Contents:
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I.oSafetyoinoMedicationoAdministration
Chaptero1.oSafetyoinoMedicationoAdministration
Chaptero2.oTheoDrugoLabel
II.oSystemsoofoMeasurement
Chaptero3.oTheoMetricoSystem
Chaptero4.oTheoHouseholdoSystem
III.oMethodsoofoCalculation
Chaptero5.oLinearoRatiooandoProportion
Chaptero6.oFractionaloRatiooandoProportion
Chaptero7.oDimensionaloAnalysis
Chaptero8.oFormulaoMethod
IV.oAdministrationoofoMedications
Chaptero9.oCalculatingoOraloMedicationoDoses
Chaptero10.oSyringesoandoNeedles
Chaptero11.oCalculatingoParenteraloMedicationoDosages
Chaptero12.oPreparingoPowderedoParenteraloMedications
Chaptero13.oAdministrationoofoInsulin
V.oIVoTherapyoandoAdministrationoofoIntravenousoMedications
Chaptero14.oIntravenousoInfusionoandoInfusionoRates
Chaptero15.oCalculatingoInfusionoandoCompletionoTime
Chaptero16.oAdministeringoIVoPushoMedications
VI.oVerifyingoSafeoDoseoandoCriticaloCareoCalculations
Chaptero17.oVerifyingoSafeoDose
Chaptero18.oTitrationoofoIntravenousoMedications
VII.oIntakeoandoOutput
Chaptero19.oCalculatingoIntakeoandoOutput
Chaptero20.oCalculatingoParenteraloIntake
VIII.oDosagesoforoPediatricoandoOlderoAdultoPopulations
Chaptero21.oConsiderationsoforotheoPediatricoPatient
Chaptero22.oConsiderationsoforotheoOlderoAdult

,Castillo/Werner-
McCullough:oCalculatingoDrugoDosages,o2e


Chaptero1:oSafetyoinoMedicationoAdministration
Castillo:oCalculatingoDrugoDosages:oAoPatient-SafeoApproachotooNursingoandoMatho2ndoEdition


MULTIPLEoCHOICE

1. Theofollowingomedicationoorderoisoinotheopatient’somedicationoadministrationorecordo(MAR):

methylPREDnisoloneo40omgoPOodailyoato0900.

Afteroreadingotheoorder,otheonurseocorrectlyodetermines:
A ―PO‖oisoanoinappropriateoabbreviation.
B theomedicationoorderoisowrittenocorrectly.
C 40omgoshouldobeowrittenoaso40mg.
D tallomanoletteringoindicatesothatotheodrugoisoaonarcotic.

ANSWER:oB
Feedback
Theomedicationoorderohasoallotheorequiredocomponentso(drugoname,odose,oroute,oando
frequencyoofoadministration)oforoaodrugoorder.o―PO‖oisoanoappropriateoabbreviation;o
40omgoisowrittenocorrectlyowithoaospaceobetweenotheodoseoandotheounitoofomeasurem
ent.oTallomanoletteringoisousedotoodistinguishotheodrugofromoanotherodrug
withoaosimilaroname.



2. Whichoofotheofollowingoaccuratelyodescribesotheo―BoxedoWarning‖ofoundoonoaodrugolabel?
A Itoisoprimarilyoisousedotooidentifyotheosafeodoseoforotheopatient.
B Itoisocommonlyofoundoonoallodrugolabels.
C Itoidentifiesoseriousopotentialorisksoandosideoeffectsorelatedotoodrugouse.
D Itoprotectsotheopatientobyoprovidingoinformationotoodecreaseosideoeffects.

ANSWER:oC
Feedback
Aodrugolabelowithoaoboxedowarningoprovidesoinformationotoohealthcareoprofessionalso
andopatientsoregardingotheoseriousorisksoandosideoeffectsorelatedotootheodrug.oTheoBox
edoWarningoisonototheoprimaryosourceoforoidentifyingotheopatient’sodrugodosage.
Theowarningoisofoundoonospecificoprescriptionomedicationsoandodoesonotoprovideo
informationotooreduceoorodecreaseosideoeffects.



3. Whenopracticingosafetyoinotheoadministrationoofomedication,oforowhichoofotheofollowingo
medicationoordersoshouldoaonurseoseekoclarificationobeforeotheoadministrationoofotheom
edication?


1

, Castillo/Werner-
McCullough:oCalculatingoDrugoDosages,o2e

A Regularoinsulino5ouosubcutonow.
B Enoxaparino80omgosubcutoeveryo12ohours.
C Benadrylo50omgoPOoPRNoeveryo6ohroforoitching.
D Ondansetrono4omgoIVPostat.

ANSWER:oA
Feedback
Theo―u‖oshouldoneverobeousedoinoaomedicationoorder;orather,oforosafety,otheowordo
―units‖oshouldobeospelledoout.oTheootheroanswerooptionsocontainotheorequired
componentsoneededotoosafelyocarryooutotheomedicationoorder.



4. Aonurseoisoreviewingoaodrugolabelowithoaodrugonameowrittenowithotallomanolettering.oWhichost
atementsoshowsotheonurseohasoaocorrectounderstandingoofotallomanoletteringoonoaodrugolabel?
A ―Theotallomanoletteringomeansothisoisoaohighoalertodrug.‖
B ―Theotallomanoletteringohelpsomeodistinguishothisodrugowithootherodrugsothat
haveosimilaronames.‖
C ―TheotallomanoletteringomeansothatothisodrugomustohaveoaoBoxedoWarning.‖
D ―Theotallomanoletteringohelpsomeoquicklyoidentifyothatothisodrugoisoanoinjectable
drug.‖

ANSWER:oB
Feedback
Tallomanoletteringohighlightsoaoportionoofotheodrugonameotoohelpodistinguishofromo
similarodrugonames.o Itoisonotousedotooidentifyohighoalertodrugs,ohighlightoaoboxed
warning,ooroidentifyoinjectableodrugs.



5. Theofollowingomedicationoordersoareofoundoinotheopatient’soMAR:

MetforminoHClo500omgoPOodailyoato0900.oHydrochlorothiazi
deo25omgoPOoeveryo12ohroato0900oando2100.oDigoxino.25omgoP
Oodailyoato0900.

Inoreadingotheomedicationoordersoforotheo0700–
1500oshift,otheonurseodeterminesothatowhichoofotheofollowingoisotheopriorityonursingointerventi
on?
A ClarifyotheometforminoHCloorder.
B Clarifyotheohydrochlorothiazideoorder.
C Clarifyotheodigoxinoorder.
D Prepareotooadministerotheo0900omedications.

ANSWER:oC

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