Calculate the following adult drug dosages The physician has ordered Carafate (sucralfate) 1 gm qid. You have 1,000 mg caplets. How many caplets will be given for each dose?

When a medication error occurs, do all of the following except:

The hard copy of the prescription is filed and kept for a minimum of _____________. 

Medication errors should not happen when health care workers follow the “seven rights.”

According to the CDC, standard precautions apply only to blood and some body fluids.

Calculate the following dosages based on kilogram of body weight. Round weights and answers to the nearest whole number. A child weighs 42 lb, and the physician has ordered a medication to be given as 3 mg/kg every 8 hours. How much is given for each dose?

Which schedule of drugs has no accepted medical use?

The PDR is a drug information book and is published annually with FDA-approved drug label information.

An antifungal drug that is frequently used for onychomycosis is:

Calculate the following adult drug dosages The physician has ordered 1.25 mg of Premarin (conjugated estrogen). On hand you have 0.625 mg gelcaps. How many gelcaps will you give?