Flashcards : Medication Measurement and Conversion Mastery — 10 cartes

Standard measurement system in healthcare.

Ensures accuracy and consistency in measurement.

Ensure accurate medication dosing.

A unit of mass, 1/1000 gram.

Standing, PRN, single, stat, verbal, telephone.

Base unit, 1 g = 1000 mg.

Used for liquids, 1 mL = 1/1000 L.

Change units while keeping the same quantity.

Expresses equivalence between units.

Uses multiplication by conversion factors.