INTRODUCTION
- Maths revisited
- Mathematical symbols
- Order of operations
- Number fact grids
- Time
- Hindu Arabic and Roman numerals
- Medication safety
- Factor, decimal and percentage conversions
- Numbered figures/tables
- The base system
- The decimal point
- Measuring a fluid base chart
- Revisiting basic algorithms
- Working with fractions
- Percentages
- Rounding
- The Metric System
SOME HANDY TABLES INVOLVING MEASUREMENT
- Intravenous fluid requirements
- Rule of nines
FORMULAS USED IN NURSING
- Calculating dosage using a formula
APPLYING DRUG CALCULATIONS USING DOSAGES
- Calculating oral medications
- Calculating parenteral medications
SAFE MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
- Categories of drugs – schedules
- What must be on a medication chart
- What is in a medication order
- What makes a medication order valid
- What is on a medication label
- Steps the Registered Nurse must take for telephone orders of prescription drugs
- Frequency and times of medication administration
- Commonly used and understood abbreviations
- Other abbreviations
- Intravenous fluids – what is on a fluid order
- Abbreviations for intravenous fluids
- Intravenous fluids – drip rates for giving
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