Essential drug dosage calculations
Hegstad, Lorrie N.200007UU
Books
Find it!
For Fundamentals of Nursing or separate Dosage Calculation courses in Nursing and the health professions. Can also be used as a self-paced independent learning module or within a planned course. Helping nursing students master the critical knowledge they will need to accurately prepare and administer safe medications, this easy-to-follow text provides a clear, concise method to help them develop competence in interpreting medication orders and calculating safe medication dosages. Presenting a visually stimulating four-color design to enhance the overall learning process, it covers all essential areas, discusses some of today's most current technology (such as needleless systems of medication dispensing), and boosts comprehension with numerous practice problems and sample exams complete with step-by-step, worked-out solutions.
Main title:
Essential drug dosage calculations / Lorrie N. Hegstad, Wilma Hayek.
Author:
Edition:
4th rev. ed.
Imprint:
Upper Saddle River : Prentice Hall : 2000.
Collation:
374 p. : (some col.), ill. ; + CD-ROM
Notes:
Mixed media product. Contains Paperback and CD-ROM.
Contents:
Contents: 1. Basic Arithmetic. 2. Metric System of Measurement. 3. Apothecaries' and Household Systems of Measurement. 4. Interpretation of Medication Orders and Labels. 5. Use of the Proportion Formula to Calculate Equivalent Units of Measure. 6. Checkpoint. 7. Calculation of Oral Medications. 8. Parenteral Drugs in Solution. 9. Powder and Crystalline-Form Drugs. 10. Checkpoint. 11. Insulin Dosage Calculations. 12. Calculation of Intravenous Fluids and Medications. 13. Advanced Intravenous Calculations. 14. Calculating Dosages for Infants and Children. 15. Exams.
ISBN:
97808385228510838522858
Dewey class:
615.14
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2376696