Med math overview Flashcards
What are the 6 rights of medication administration?
Right patient, Right dose, Right time, Right drug, right route, Right documentation
What are the 4 routes of administration?
Percutaneous, Pulmonary, Enteral, Parenteral
Percutaneous means
Applied to and absorbed through the skin
Pulmonary is
Absorbed and applied via inhalation
Enteral means
absorbed through the GI tract
Parenteral means
Administered outside the digestive tract
What are the four sites for the subcutaneous medication route?
Deltoid, Abdomen, Thighs, Buttocks
The deltoid can hold ___ of fluid maximum
2 ML
The Buttocks can hold ___ of fluid maximum
5 ML
The ventrogluteal site can hold ___ of fluid maximum
1-3 ML
What site of subcutaneous tissue injection is good for children <7 months of age
Ventrogluteal
The formula for determining the amount of medication needed from a bottle in ML
Mg in bottle/ML in bottle = Mg ordered/X ML
How to determine a pts weight in kg
divide by 2.2 or divide by 2 and subtract 10 percent
Formula to calculate IVP
Order/mixture (mg/ml) x drip factor
Formula to determine concentration
Mg in bottle/Ml in bottle
Formula for drip infusion
Order/ medication concentration x drip factor
Dopamine calculation steps
- Determine concentration
- Pounds to Kg
- Use the formula to determine
Dopamine formula
mcgkgminute (In seconds)/Concentration
Volume*Administration set/time =
Drip rate
Total volume to be infused =
Infusion time
Flow rate =
Volume*GTT factor/Time in minutes
