A patient with type 2 diabetes is newly prescribed Levemir (insulin detemir) injection pens at a dose of 10 units per day. Prior to each dose the patient is required to prime the insulin pen by expelling a test dose of 2 units. If the patient follows the recommended injection protocol, how many days will a 300-unit insulin pen last for?

Your pharmacy participates in a ‘NHS Health Checks’ scheme run by your local authority. A 52-year-old female patient weighs 94kg and is 1.69m in height. What is her BMI? Give your answer in kg/m2 and to the nearest whole number.  

You are a GP practice pharmacist and are switching suitable patients from salbutamol pressurised metered dose inhalers (pMDI) to a dry powder inhalers (DPI) for environmental reasons. The price of each inhaler is given below. Salbutamol pMDI             £1.50/200 dose inhaler Salbutamol DPI                £3.38/200 dose inhaler There are 500 salbutamol inhalers dispensed each month. What is the increased prescribing cost, in pounds, per month if all 500 salbutamol inhalers were switched from a pMDI to a DPI device? Give your exact answer.

A 10-year-old child (weight 24.8kg) is prescribed prednisolone 5mg tablets. A dose of 1 mg/kg daily is prescribed for seven days. Given prednisolone is available as 5mg tablets, how many prednisolone 5mg tablets should you dispense for this patient for the full treatment course?

You receive a prescription from the dermatology ward, which asks you to prepare 300g of Tar Pomade. Tar Pomade contains 6%w/v coal tar solution and 2%w/w salicylic acid in an emulsifying ointment base. How many grams of salicylic acid is required to make this preparation?

What is the weight in milligrams of mometasone in a 100g tube of mometasone 0.1%w/w cream?

A patient is admitted to A&E and prescribed meropenem 1g ampoules with instructions for nurses to administer ONE (1g) ampoule THREE times a day for SEVEN days. One 1g dose is given to the patient in A&E before the patient is transferred to another ward. How many ampoules should the pharmacy department send to the new ward to complete the seven-day course?

In moving from Piaget to Vygotsky, the conceptual shift is one from:

According to your text, scaffolding techniques that heightened engagement, encouraged direct exploration, and facilitated “sense making” improved 4- to 5-year-olds’:

The second Piagetian stage of development is the preoperational stage, which lasts from approximately _____ years of age.