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

Kee, Joyce Lefever; Marshall, Sally M.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1416031774 ISBN 13: 9781416031772

Casa editrice: W B Saunders Co, 2005

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

Product Description:

Book by Kee MS RN Joyce LeFever Marshall RN MSN Sally M

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• Editore: W B Saunders Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1416031774
• ISBN 13: 9781416031772
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 5
• Numero di pagine: 368