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Karch Focus on Nursing Pharmacology
Chapter 5 Questions and Correct
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Apothecary system - correct answers:A very old system of measure that was specifically developed for
use by apothecaries or pharmacists; it uses the minim as the basic unit of liquid measure and the grain
as the basic unit of solid measure.
Conversion - correct answers:Finding the equivalent values between two systems of measure
Metric system - correct answers:The most widely used system of measure, based on the decimal system;
all units in the system are determined as multiples of 10.
Household ystem - correct answers:The measuring system that is found in recipe books.
Clarke's Rule for children - correct answers:a method of determining the correct drug dose for a child
based on the known adult dosage ---weight of the child / (150 lbs) times average adult dose = child's
dose
Fried's rule - correct answers:a method determining a pediatric drug dose for a child younger than 1 year
--weight of the child (mo) / (150 mo) times average adult dose = child's dose
ratio and proportion - correct answers:an equation in which a ration containing 2 known equivalent
amounts is on one side and a ration containing the amount desired to convert and its unknown
equivalent is on the other side
Young's rule - correct answers:a method for determining pediatric drug dose based on the child's age
and the usual adult dose---- child's age(y)/ child's age(y) + 12 x average adult dose
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