Clinical Calculations: With Applications to General and Specialty Areas: With Applications to General and Speciality Areas - Brossura

Kee RN MS, Joyce LeFever; Marshall RN MSN, Sally M.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0721602711 ISBN 13: 9780721602714

Casa editrice: Saunders, 2004

Riassunto

This book provides comprehensive coverage of dosage calculations used in nursing practice, including applications not only for the general patient care areas, but also for specialty units such as pediatrics, critical care, labor and delivery, and the community. In addition, it is the only text on the market that presents all four major dosage calculation methods (ratio/proportion, formula, fractional equation, and dimensional analysis).

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Contenuti:

Part 1: Basic Math Review
Part 2: Systems, Conversion, & Methods of Drug Calculation
1. Systems Used for Drug Administration
2. Conversion Within the Metric, Apothecary, and Household Systems
3. Interpretation of Drug Labels, Drug Orders, Charting, "5 Rights," and Abbreviations
4. Alternative Methods for Drug Administration
5. Methods of Calculation
6. Body Weight and Body Surface Area
Part 3: Calculations for Oral, Injectable, & Intravenous Drugs
7. Oral & Enteral Preparations With Clinical Applications
8. Injectable Preparations With Clinical Applications
9. Intravenous Preparations With Clinical Applications
Part 4: Calculations for Specialty Areas
10. Pediatrics
11. Critical Care
12. Pediatric Critical Care
13. Labor and Delivery
14. Community
Part Five: Posttest Drug Calculations

References
Appendix A Guidelines for Administration of Medications
Appendix B Nomograms
Index

Product Description:

Book by Kee Joyce Lafever Marshall Sally

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• Editore: Saunders
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0721602711
• ISBN 13: 9780721602714
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 5
• Numero di pagine: 400