CHAPTER 16 Dosage Calculation Using the Dimensional Analysis Method Objectives After reviewing this chapter, you should be able to: 1. Define dimensional analysis 2. Implement unit cancellation in dimensional analysis 3. Perform conversions…
CHAPTER 9 Additional Conversions Useful in the Health Care Setting Objectives After reviewing this chapter, you should be able to: 1. Convert between Celsius and Fahrenheit temperature 2. Convert between units of…
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…
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…
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…
