Pharmacology Math for the Practical Nurse

DEVELOPMENT
ADMINISTRATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
	LESSON 1 PRETEST
		PRETEST
		PRETEST ANSWERS
			Basic Arithmetic
			Fractions
			Decimals
			Precentages
			Ration and Proportion
LESSON 1
	Section I. Basic Arithmetic
		1-1. GENERAL
		1-2. SIMPLE ADDITION
		1-3. SIMPLE SUBTRACTION
		1-4. PRACTICE 1-1
		1-5. ANSWERS TO PRACTICE 1-1
		1-6. SIMPLE MULTIPLICATION
		1-7. SIMPLE DIVISION
		1-8. PRACTICE 1-2
		1-9. ANSWERS TO PRACTICE 1-2
		1-10. LONG MULTIPLICATION
		1-11. LONG DIVISION
		1-12. PRACTICE 1-3
		1-13. ANSWERS TO PRACTICE 1-3
	Section II. FRACTIONS
		1-14. DEFINITION
		1-15. PARTS OF FRACTIONS
		1-16. KINDS OF FRACTIONS
		1-17. CHANGING FRACTIONS TO LOWEST POSSIBLE TERMS
		1-18. CHANGING IMPROPER FRACTIONS TO MIXED NUMBERS OR WHOLE NUMBERS
		1-19. PRACTICE 1-4
		1-20. ANSWERS TO PRACTICE 1-4
		1-21. CHANGING MIXED NUMBERS TO IMPROPER FRACTIONS
		1-22. ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION OF FRACTIONS
		1-23. MULTIPLYING TWO FRACTIONS
		1-24. MULTIPLYING WHOLE NUMBERS AND FRACTIONS
		1-25. MULTIPLYING MIXED NUMBERS
		1-26. DIVIDING FRACTIONS
		1-27. PRACTICE 1-5
		1-28. ANSWERS TO PRACTICE 1-5
	Section III. DECIMALS
		1-29. DEFINITION
		1-30. ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION OF DECIMALS
		1-31. DIVIDING DECIMALS
		1-32. PRACTICE 1-6
		1-33. ANSWERS TO PRACTICE 1-6
		1-34. MULTIPLYING DECIMALS
		1-35. CHANGING DECIMALS TO FRACTIONS
		1-36. CHANGING FRACTIONS TO DECIMALS
		1-37. PRACTICE 1-7
		1-38. ANSWERS TO PRACTICE 1-7
	Section IV. PERCENTAGES
		1-39. DEFINITION
		1-40. CHANGING PERCENTAGES TO FRACTIONS
		1-41. CHANGING FRACTIONS TO PERCENTAGES
		1-42. CHANGING PERCENTAGES TO DECIMALS
		1-43. CHANGING DECIMALS TO PERCENTAGES
		1-44. PRACTICE 1-8
		1-45. ANSWERS TO PRACTICE 1-8
	Section V. RATIO AND PROPORTION
		1-46. DEFINITION--RATIO
		1-47. CHANGING A RATIO TO A PERCENTAGE OR DECIMAL
		1-48. PRACTICE 1-9
		1-49. ANSWERS TO PRACTICE 1-9
		1-50. CHANGING PERCENTAGES TO RATIOS
		1-51. CHANGING DECIMALS TO RATIOS
		1-52. PRACTICE 1-10
		1-53. ANSWERS TO PRACTICE 1-10
		1-54. DEFINITION--PROPORTION
		1-55. PROPERTY OF PROPORTIONS 1 2
		1-56. PRACTICE 1-11
		1-57. ANSWERS TO PRACTICE 1-11
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 2
	Section I. RATIO AND PROPORTION OPERATIONS
		2-1. DEFINITIONS
		2-2. CROSS MULTIPLYING
		2-3. "X" AS THE UNKNOWN FACTOR
		2-4. RULES FOR RATIO AND PROPORTION OPERATIONS
		2-5. SETTING UP THE PROPORTION
		2-6. SOLVING for "X"
		2-7. ROUNDING OFF
		2-8. PRACTICE 2-1 (RATIO AND PROPORTION)
		2-9. ANSWERS TO PRACTICE 2-1
	Section II. SYSTEMS OF MEASUREMENT
		2-10. NOTES
		2-11. COMMON EQUIVALENTS
		2-12. PRACTICE 2-2 (SYSTEMS OF MEASUREMENT)
		2-13. ANSWERS TO PRACTICE 2-2 (SYSTEMS OF MEASUREMENT)
	Section III. COMPUTING MEDICATION DOSAGES
		2-14. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN EVERY PHYSICIAN'S MEDICATION ORDER
		2-15. FIVE "RIGHTS" OF MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
		2-16. COMPUTING DOSAGES FOR TABLETS, PILLS, AND CAPSULES
		2-17. COMPUTING DOSAGES FOR ORAL LIQUID MEDICATIONS (PREPARED-STRENGTH LIQUIDS)
		2-18. COMPUTING DOSAGE FOR PARENTERAL MEDICATIONS
		2-19. MODIFIED PROPORTION METHOD FOR COMPUTING DOSAGES
		2-20. PRACTICE 2-3 (COMPUTING MEDICATION DOSAGES)
		2-21. ANSWERS TO PRACTICE 2-3 (COMPUTING MEDICATION DOSAGES)
	Section IV. COMPUTING INTRAVENOUS INFUSION RATES
		2-22. INFORMATION REQUIRED ON AN ORDER FOR I.V. FLUIDS
		2-23. I.V. ADMINISTRATION SET CALIBRATIONS
		2-24. OBJECTIVES OF I.V. THERAPY
		2-25. FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE VOLUME DETERMINATION
		2-26. COMPUTING CONTINUOUS I.V. INFUSION RATES
		2-27. ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS BY IVPB (INTERMITTENT INFUSION)
		2-28. ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS BY CONTINUOUS INFUSION
		2-29. PRACTICE 2-4 (COMPUTING INTRAVENOUS INFUSION RATES)
		2-30. ANSWERS TO PRACTICE 2-4 (COMPUTING INTRAVENOUS INFUSION RATES)
	Section V. BASIC DOSE CALCULATIONS
		2-31. INTERPRETING INFORMATION FROM A MEDICATION LABEL
		2-32. PRACTICE EXERCISE--LABEL INTERPRETATION (PART 1)
		2-33. ANSWERS TO PRACTICAL EXERCISE--LABEL INTERPRETATION (PART I)
		2-34. PRACTICAL EXERCISE--LABEL INTERPRETATION (PART II)
		2-35. ANSWERS TO PRACTICAL EXERCISE--LABEL INTERPRETATION (PART II)
		2-36. SUMMARY OF ROUNDING RULES FOR MEDICATION CALCULATIONS
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS