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ec501234

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A nursing instructor is describing the importance of preventing errors in medication administration and doses. Which of the following would the instructor emphasize as the best method for detecting errors?
 
  A) Checking calculations three times
  B) Having each person involved in the process check the dosage
  C) Reading drug labels very carefully
  D) Checking the dosage in a reputable drug reference

Question 2

A client weighs 200 lb.
 
  The client is to receive 5 mg/kg per dose of drug. The client will receive ______ mg of the drug in each dose.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Ans: B
Feedback:
The best method of error detection is the manual redundancy system. This is a system in which each person in the process of medication prescription and delivery checks the drug dosage for accuracy. Nurses use this system when they perform the 5 rights and 3 checks to catch a potential error in drug administration. Double checking calculations and reading labels carefully are important, but they are not the best method for detecting errors. Checking the dosage in a reputable drug reference would help to ensure that the dosage is within the safe dosage range, but this would do nothing to ensure that the dosage is accurate.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: 454.5 mg/dose
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First, the patient's weight must be converted to kilograms: 200 lb  1 kg/2.2 lb = 90.9 kg. Then the dosage is calculated: 90.9 kg  5 mg/kg = 454.5 mg.


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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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