A nurse's guide to dosage calculation giving medications safely

• Main Author: Niblett, Vicki (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2006
• Subjects: Pharmaceutical Preparations > Nurses' Instruction > administration & dosage; Drug Administration Routes > Nurses' Instruction
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This dosage calculations textbook is designed expressly for use in Canadian schools of nursing. It teaches three methods of dosage calculation&;ratio and proportion, cross-multiplying of fractions, and formula&;using the SI Unit system of measurement. Plentiful sample questions from across n...

Table of Contents:

• Basic math review
• Calculations used in determining drug doses
• Abbreviations
• Systems of measurement
• Components of a doctor's order
• Interpreting drug labels
• Medication systems
• Oral medications
• Parenteral medications
• Preparatio