Calculating Drug Doses Safely - George Downie, Jean Mackenzie, Arthur Williams

Calculating Drug Doses Safely

A Handbook For Nurses and Midwives
Buch | Softcover
216 Seiten
2010 | 2nd Revised edition
Churchill Livingstone (Verlag)
978-0-7020-3184-7 (ISBN)
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Help nurses to make accurate drug calculations and improve patient safety. This book features examples from prescriptions and medicine labels are to simulate actual practice and help make the link with the theory.
This book is designed to help nurses make accurate drug calculations and improve patient safety. It is written in an accessible style to make learning as easy as possible. The simple, clear and friendly approach will be a major help to anyone who hates maths. Real examples from prescriptions and medicine labels are used to simulate actual practice and help make the link with the theory. The range of specialties covered makes the content relevant to all areas of nursing practice.

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Why this book is needed How to use this book Pre-test Section 1 What you require to do a drug calculation 1 Prescriptions, labels and SI units 2 Arithmetic Questions on Section 1 Section 2 How to do a drug calculation 3 Drug calculations explained 4 Calculating oral and other non-parenteral doses 5 Calculating parenteral doses: small volume 6 Calculating parenteral doses: large volume Questions on Section 2 Section 3 How to do a drug calculation in special situations 7 Calculating in obstetrics 8 Calculating in paediatrics 9 Calculations in liver disease and renal impairment Supporting information A Abbreviations B Arithmetical signs C Glossary D Answers to section questions E Answers to calculation exercises F Post-test G Answers to post-test Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 27.7.2010
Zusatzinfo Illustrated
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie
Medizin / Pharmazie Pflege
Medizin / Pharmazie Pharmazie PTA / PKA
ISBN-10 0-7020-3184-4 / 0702031844
ISBN-13 978-0-7020-3184-7 / 9780702031847
Zustand Neuware
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