Med Calculations Lectures Flashcards
Where can you find up tp date information from a recognized source regarding the knowledge of medicines?
NZ Formulary
What are the 7 rights of medication administration to ensuring safe nursing practice?
Right medication. Right dose, Right client. Right route, Right time. Right reason. Right documentation.
In nursing which clock do we use?
The 24 hour clock
What unit system do we use in nursing?
Metric
For oral tablets do we use wholes or halfs with calculations.
Wholes
True or False? Only scored tablets can be split in half. there is no crushing of tabs unless stated in a recognized information sources.
True
For a tablet to be split in half what must it have?
A line down the center of the tablet.
What abbreviations should be stay away from?
Abbreviated chemical names, abbreviated drug names, mEq, ng, od, QID, bd, SC, SL, U, mcg, zeros.
What should be do instead of abbreviating?
Use the full names to avoid confusion.
What are the 4 steps to safe medication administration?
- Make metric units the same, 2. determine a reasonable answer range, 3. calculate the answer, 4. and then double check answer.
How do you convert from a larger unit to get to a smaller unit? (g to mg)
Multiply by 1000 (For example 1g x 1000 = 1000mg)
How do you convert from a smaller unit to a larger unit? (mg to g)
Divide by 1000 (For example 1000mg/1000 = 1g)
How do you convert from kg to g?
x1000
How do you convert from g to kg?
divide by 1000
How do you convert from micrograms to mg?
divide by 1000
If we are converting to a bigger unit what will we be doing?
Dividing
