Clinical calculations with applications to general and specialty areas

Clinical calculations with applications to general and specialty areas

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Covering all four major drug calculation methods, this resource makes it easy to learn and apply drug calculations used in nursing practice today. Clear explanations of ratio & proportion, formula, fractional equation, and dimensional analysis allow you to choose the method that works best for y...

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Main Authors: Kee, Joyce LeFever (Author), Marshall, Sally M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: St. Louis Elsevier/Saunders 2013
Edition:SEVENTH EDITION
Subjects:
Drug Dosage Calculations > Nurses Instruction
Pharmaceutical Preparations > Nurses Instruction > administration & dosage
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Table of Contents:
  • Systems used for drug administration
  • Conversion within the metric, apothecary, and household systems
  • Interpretation of drug labels, drug orders, bar codes, MAR and eMAR, automation of medication dispensing administration, and abbreviations
  • Prevention of medication errors
  • Alternative methods for drug administration
  • Methods of calculation
  • Methods of calculation for individualized drug dosing
  • Oral and enteral preparations with clinical applications
  • Injectable preparations with clinical applications
  • Intravenous preparations with clinical applications
  • Pediatrics
  • Critical care
  • Pediatric critical care
  • Labor and delivery
  • Community.

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