Medical Math
A written prescription indicates a patient is to take 2 pills at all meal times and bedtime. The prescription is for a 30-day supply. How many pills will the pharmacist dispense?
240 tablets
What are the 4 basic characteristics of culture
Culture is learned, shared, social in nature, and is constantly changing
This law protects patient privacy and medical information.
What is HIPAA?
These provide a standard of conduct or code of behavior
What is ethics?
This is the largest organ in the human body
What is the skin?
Doctor orders 2 g. Available: 500 mg capsules. How many capsules?
4 capsules
This is assuming all people in a group are the same
What is stereotyping?
This is unlawful physical touching of a person without consent.
What is battery?
This occurs when a situation has no clear "right" or "wrong" answer and competing moral principles conflict
What is an ethical dilemma?
This blood type is known as the universal donor.
What is O negative?
A medication is ordered at 0.5 mg/kg. Patient weighs 60 kg. What is the dose?
30 mg
This is the strong feeling or belief about a person or subject with reviewing facts or information
What is prejudice?
A healthcare worker tells coworkers that a patient lied about their symptoms, and it spreads around the hospital.
What is defamation?
These documents allow individuals to state desired and undesired medical treatment is the event of incapacitation
What is an advanced directive?
This is considered the strongest muscle in the body.
What is the masseter/jaw?
A doctor orders 1.5 g of medication. The supply is 500 mg capsules.
How many capsules should you give?
3 capsules
This type of care provides for the well-being of the whole person to meet the physical, social, emotional, and mental needs of the individual
What is holistic care?
This type of tort restricts an individual's freedom.
What is False Imprisonment?
This order prevents healthcare workers from performing CPR when a patient stops breathing to allow them to die peacefully
What is a Do Not Resuscitate Order
This medical name is also known as the "voice box"
What is the larynx?
Doctor orders 25 mL/hr of IV fluid. How many mL will the patient receive in 8 hours?
200 mL
This is the difference amongst people resulting from cultural, ethnic, and racial factors
What is cultural diversity?
A surgeon leaves a surgical instrument inside a patient during an operation. What type of legal violation is this?
What is Malpractice?
This permits the patient to allow another person to make healthcare decisions for them if they become incapacitated
What is a Designation of Health Care Surrogate or a Durable Power of Attorney?
What percentage of the body is made up of water?
About 60%