CHAPTER 11 Understanding and Interpreting Medication Orders Objectives After reviewing this chapter, you should be able to: 1. Identify the components of a medication order 2. Identify the meanings of standard abbreviations…
CHAPTER 7 Apothecary and Household Systems Objectives After reviewing this chapter, you should be able to: 1. State the common apothecary equivalents 2. State the common household equivalents 3. State specific rules that…
CHAPTER 6 Metric System Objectives After reviewing this chapter, you should be able to: 1. Express metric measures correctly using rules of the metric system 2. State common equivalents in the metric…
CHAPTER 1 Roman Numerals Objectives After reviewing this chapter, you should be able to: 1. Recognize the symbols used to represent numbers in the Roman numeral system 2. Convert Roman numerals to…
CHAPTER 10 Medication Administration Objectives After reviewing this chapter, you should be able to: 1. State the consequences of medication errors 2. Identify the causes of medication errors 3. Identify the role of…
Organisation A group of individuals who interact with each other to achieve a common goal Researchers have identified many different types of organisations (McKenna, 1998). The term organisation includes a…
Workforce-planning An ongoing business process aimed at ensuring the right people with the right skills are in the right place at the right time and at the right cost Workforce-planning…
Self-management A behavioural process involving the exercise of choice in which the individual is aware of possible alternative actions and appreciative of the consequences (Manz & Sims, 1980; Markham &…
Health service planning The planned process of aligning current and future health services and resources to the changing health patterns and demographics of a given area or region Population-based planning…
Organisational change A systematic approach to reshaping organisations in line with their future goals, aims, vision and philosophy The change management competency that relates to the ‘Leads Self’ element of…
