Most prescriptions and medication orders are written in the:

A) Roman numeral system
B) household system
C) Avoirdupois system
D) metric system


D) metric system
Most prescriptions and medication orders are written in the metric system. However, it is important to be able to convert between units of measurement–within the same system and from one system of measurement to another.

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Which of the following may occur secondary to suctioning the airway of an infant?

A) Clearing the airway B) Bradycardia C) Hypoxia D) All of the above

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Which of the following is an abbreviation representing a prescription written for a patient?

Tx Sx Bx Rx

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A narrow split in a bone that does not go through to the other side of the bone is known as what kind of fracture?

A) comminuted B) compression C) fissured D) greenstick

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