Assignment: Ratios and Percents

Assignment: Ratios and Percents

 Resource: Ch. 3 of Pharmaceutical Calculations for PharmacyTechnicians: A Worktext

 Show all your work for calculations in a Microsoft® Word documentusing Equation Editor.

 Complete the following exercises:

1. Test Your Knowledge, p. 24: Problems 1, 3, 12, 13, 15, 17, &19

2. Test Your Knowledge, p.25: Problems 21, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 31,& 35

 Access the Pharmacy-Terminology Crossword Puzzle, located on yourstudent Web site.

 Complete the puzzle using the clues provided.

 Send a screenshot of the completed puzzle to your instructor.

o Press Alt + Print Screen on your computer keyboard to create ascreenshot.

o Open a blank Microsoft® Word document.

o Press Ctrl + V on your computer keyboard to paste the screenshotinto the blank Word document.

? Post the document as an attachment.

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Choose a theory that finds practical application in critical care/pediatric/psychiatric nursing

Choose a theory that finds practical application in critical care/pediatric/psychiatric nursing and discuss the origins of the theory based on the following criteria: How did the happenings of the nursing profession impact the origin of this theory? What values, evidence, or existing knowledge did the theorist cite to support the theory? What was the theorists motivation behind writing the theory

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Compounding: Forms and Purpose

CheckPoint: Compounding: Forms and Purpose

Due Date: Day 5 (Assignment Section of eCampus)

o  Write a 200- to 300-word response to the following points:

o Before compounding a prescription medication what are somefactors that must be

considered?

o What is the purpose of compounding?

o When compounding, what dosage forms are used?

o When compounding, what are some patient considerations that needto be made?

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Prescriptions are similar to medical orders containing vital information for the care of patients

CheckPoint: Prescription and Drug Labels

Prescriptions are similar to medical orders containing vital information for the care of patients. Pharmacy technicians must understand how to read, transcribe, profile, and fill prescriptions. This Checkpoint provides an opportunity to practice analyzing prescription and drug labels.

 Resource: Ch. 7 of Pharmaceutical Calculations for Pharmacy Technicians: A Worktext and Appendix B

 Refer to the illustration of the prescription label in Appendix Band the drug label for Allegra® on p. 56.

 Answer the following questions: In what ways are the labels similar? In what ways are they different? What accounts for the difference in information between the two labels?

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Marking Criteria

Marking Criteria

Your report : Mark

Properly addresses the task requirements with a coherent report 

Uses relevant theories, models and concepts to support your answer 

Uses relevant up to date literature which supports your report and also extends beyond the course materials and the textbook 

Reflects a consideration of the application of knowledge to practice 

Demonstrates a high quality critical evaluation of the topic 

Professional presentation

Clarity of expression 

Proper use of Report format 

Harvard referencing 

Word length as required 

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As a human resource manager you have been asked to write a report providing guidance

As a human resource manager you have been asked to write a report providing guidance for your manager in dealing with issues in contemporary human resource management that you think are important.

You will select 3 of the following 6 contemporary issues that you think are especially important, and justify your choice of issues. For each issue you select you outline different approaches to the issue and consider factors affecting when and how they could be applied.

• Engaging people and managing their expectations

• Establishing a flexible workforce to deal with change

• The importance of managing knowledge to create a learning organisation

• Ensuring that the organisation operates ethically and lawfully

• Dealing with the high level of diversity in the Australian workforce

• Consider ways that an organisation can be more competitive in attracting staff

The report will involve a critical assessment of the relevant theory and it will use this to support suggestions for dealing with this selected issues in practical ways, where possible. Your report will use at least 15 up-to-date peer reviewed references. You may use additional textbook and web site references provided the information is reliable (for instance, government or company web sites). 

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Checkpoint: Converting Dosages to Doses

Checkpoint: Converting Dosages to Doses

 Resource: Ch. 8 of Pharmaceutical Calculations for Pharmacy Technicians: A Work text

 Show all calculations in a Word document using Equation Editor.

 Convert the dosage ordered to the desired dose by using the conversion factor method, as you complete Test Your Knowledge problems 2, 3, & 4 on p. 76 in your text.

 Convert the dosage ordered to the desired dose by using the ratio and proportion method, as you complete Test Your Knowledge problems 7, 8, & 10 on p. 76 in your text.

 Explain why understanding the distinction between the dosage and a dose is important.

 Post your responses as an attachment

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