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Medical Dosage Calculations. The student will learn how to interpret drug prescriptions medication. Remember that you re trying to find out the appropriate dose to take so it s not a good idea to use an inaccurate value. The pharmacy prepares the medication and then delivers an iv bag labeled 100 units of regular insulin in 100 ml normal saline ns. In this review we will start by working basic metric conversions and then progress to solving more complex dosage calculations.
Or another way this drug dosage formula can be expressed is. Review of dosage calculation methods there are three basic methods for calculating medication dosages. Dosage is the prescribed amount of drug in mg per kg of body weight. Recent joint commission recommendations are included and the six rights of medication administration are discussed extensively. Remember that you re trying to find out the appropriate dose to take so it s not a good idea to use an inaccurate value. Dose weight dosage.
X 24 4 so x 6.
In this review we will start by working basic metric conversions and then progress to solving more complex dosage calculations. Infusion time hr total volume ml flow rate ml hr total volume ml flow rate ml hr infusion time hr for example if you must administer 1 l 1 000 ml of fluid over 4 hours use the first formula to calculate the flow rate like so. Strength required stock strength number of tablet s required. X 24 4 so x 6. What you want what you ve got number of tablet s required. For the dosage this refers to the prescribed amount of the drug you plan to take in mg per kg of body weight.