Percentages
CHAPTER 5 Percentages Objectives After reviewing this chapter, you should be able to: 1. Define percent 2. Convert percents to fractions 3. Convert percents to decimals 4. Convert percents to ratios 5. Convert decimals to…
Medication Administration Records and Drug Distribution Systems
CHAPTER 12 Medication Administration Records and Drug Distribution Systems Objectives After reviewing this chapter, you should be able to: 1. Identify the necessary information that must be transcribed to a medication…
Understanding and Interpreting Medication Orders
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…
Apothecary and Household Systems
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…
Metric System
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…
Roman Numerals
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…
Medication Administration
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…
Concepts of leadership and management in health services
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
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
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 &…
