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Brotto 1e Clinical Dosage Calculations for Australia and NZ – Solutions Manual Chapter 1 © 2012 Cengage Australia Pty Ltd 1 Chapter 1: Basic mathematics Page 3 Add up the following: Activity 1 5 tablets Activity 2 5 ݏݐActivity 3 7 mL Activity 4 7 ݏActivity 5 7.5 mL Page 6 Calculate the following: Activity 6 3 tablets Activity 7 1 caplet Activity 8 0.6 mL Activity 9 3 capsules Page 7 Activity 10 194.5 mL Page 8 Multiply the following: Activity 11 30 tablets Page 9 Activity 12 72 caplets
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Brotto 1e Clinical Dosage Calculations for Australia and NZ – Solutions Manual
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Chapter 1: Basic mathematics
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Add up the following:
Activity 1
5tablets
Activity 2
5
Activity 3
7mL
Activity 4
7
Activity 5
7.5mL
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Calculate the following:
Activity 6
3tablets
Activity 7
1caplet
Activity 8
0.6mL
Activity 9
3capsules
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Activity 10
194.5mL
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Multiply the following:
Activity 11
30tablets
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Activity 12
72caplets
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4mL
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Activity 14
25mL
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Activity 15
30days
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10days
Activity 17
5doses
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Activity 18
10hours
Activity 19
2hours
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Calculate the following:
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BMI 45.67
Activity 21
BMI 30.08
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IBW 77kg
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CrCl 9.04mL/minute
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Calculate the following:
a ∶
b ∶ ∶
c ∶ ∶
d ∶ ∶
e ∶
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Write the following ratios in fraction format.
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Write the following fractions in a numerical ratio format.
a ∶
b ∶
c ∶
d ∶
e ∶
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Convert the following decimals to percentages.
a %
b %
c %
d %
e %
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Convert the following fractions to percentages.
a %
b %
c %
d %
e %
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Chapter 2: Units of measurement
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𝐚 0.014 grams
𝐛 0.250 mg
𝐜 1500 mL
𝐝 1500 mcg
𝐞 400 grams
𝐟 3.2 L
𝐠 0.5 g
𝐡 0.125 mg
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𝐚 2 tablets
𝐛 2 capsules
𝐜 2 tablets
𝐝 3 tablets
𝐞 1250 mL
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𝐚 1200 mg
𝐛 700 mg
𝐜 50 mcg
𝐝 2300 mcg
𝐞 1070 000 mcg
𝐟 1400 000 mg
𝐠 0.006 mg is smaller
𝐡 0.06 mg is smaller
𝐢 6 mcg is smaller
𝐣 0.0006 mg is smaller
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Activity 4
Draw a line to indicate where you would draw the liquid up to with these syringes.
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𝐤 1 mL 5 = 0.2 mL
𝐥 5 mL 5 = 1.0 mL
𝐦 1 mL 5 = 0.2 mL
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Activity 6
What is the volume of liquid found in each of these measuring devices?
𝐚 7.5 mL
𝐛 3 mL
𝐜 25 mL
𝐝 10 mL
𝐞 4 mL
𝐟 7.4 mL
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Chapter 3: Medication charts
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The patients could be given each other’s medication without the nurse having the ability to check the identification of the correct patient.
Potential for anaphylaxis and death if one of the patients is allergic to the other’s medications.
Present medical conditions may not be treated by other person’s medicine. In fact, this could lead to life threatening ramifications.
Mrs Brown would not be able to have surgery if she received antihypertensive, hypoglycaemic agents and potentially Warfarin for atrial fibrillation.
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Potential outcomes for Christine:
Anaphylaxis because she is allergic to penicillin.
Potential outcomes for Christopher:
He may have adverse reactions to the other medicines on Christine’s drug chart.
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Locate the areas in the Patient Identification panel that would prevent these errors from being made:
URN
Address
Date of Birth
Sex.
Note: any allergies will be recorded in the allergy section of the drug chart.
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