Math for Nurses - Mary J. Boyer

Math for Nurses

A Pocket Guide to Dosage Calculation and Drug Preparation

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Buch | Softcover
352 Seiten
2005 | 6th Revised edition
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (Verlag)
978-0-7817-5372-2 (ISBN)
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A reference for dosage calculation and drug administration. This title uses a step-by-step approach with examples to illustrate problem-solving and practical applications. It covers review of mathematics, measurement systems, and a section on dosage calculations. A pull-out card contains basic equivalents, conversion factors, and math formulas.
Now in its Sixth Edition with a vivid new full-color design, this pocket guide is a compact, portable, easy-to-use reference for dosage calculation and drug administration. The author uses a step-by-step approach with frequent examples to illustrate problem-solving and practical applications. Coverage includes review of mathematics, measurement systems, and a comprehensive section on dosage calculations. This edition features a new chapter on pediatric dosages. New Critical Thinking Checks and practice problems throughout the text, and end-of-chapter and end-of-unit review questions, will aid students' application and recall of material. A handy pull-out card contains basic equivalents, conversion factors, and math formulas.

    Unit I: Basic Mathematics Review and Refresher
  1. Pre-assessment Test: Mathematics Skills Review
  2. Common Fractions
  3. Decimal Fractions and Decimal Whole Numbers
  4. Percent, Ratio, and Proportion End of Unit Review Unit II: Measurement Systems
  5. The Metric System/International System of Units/SI
  6. The Apothecary System
  7. Household Measurements
  8. Approximate Equivalents and System Conversions End of Unit Review Unit III: Dosage Calculations
  9. Medication Labels
  10. Oral Dosage Calculations
  11. Parenteral Dosage Calculations
  12. Intravenous Therapies
  13. Intravenous Therapies: Critical Care Applications
  14. Drugs Measured in USP Units
  15. Pediatric Dosage Calculations and Intravenous Therapy
  16. Solutions End of Unit Review Answers Appendices

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.2.2005
Zusatzinfo Illustrations
Verlagsort Philadelphia
Sprache englisch
Maße 114 x 184 mm
Gewicht 272 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie
Medizin / Pharmazie Pflege
ISBN-10 0-7817-5372-4 / 0781753724
ISBN-13 978-0-7817-5372-2 / 9780781753722
Zustand Neuware
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