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Subjects: | MESH: Drug Dosage Calculations | Drug Compounding–methods | Pharmaceutical Preparations–administration & dosage | Mathematics | Dosage Forms | Programmed Instruction
Working With a Method of Calculation Solve the following problems using the method of your choice. 1. The order is for 50 mg. The pharmacy sends 25 mg tablets. How many tablets will the nurse give? _____ 2. The order is for 75 mg. The pharmacy sends 50 mg scored tablets. How many tablets will the nurse give? _____
Drug dosage calculations are required when the amount of medication ordered (or desired) is different from what is available on hand for the nurse to administer. Formula: Amount DESIRED (D) X QUANTITY (Q) = Y (Tablets Required) Amount on HAND (H)
General Information. There are three different types of measurements you will encounter when dealing with medications: Household, Apothecary, and Metric. Note: When two system-to-system conversion factors exist, consider the unit of the final answer.
Pharmaceutical Calculations. Downloads. Download the modifiable ODT files to work on (you will need to unpack a compressed file) or the nonmodifiable PDF file simply to check out how the book looks. You may also download individual chapters in ODT format below.
Convert the dosage order to the desired dose. Calculate the amount to dispense of a drug. Recognize common errors that occur during dose calculation.
The basic drug dosage fonmull a listed below can be used for most drug dosage calculations. These calcullations are necessary when a doctor orders a particular desired dose of medication and the medication you have available on hand is in the form of mass/tablet or mass/volume. D - XQ = X Desired ---X Quantity = X Have "Give 500 milligrams"
