Math and Meds for Nurses

Norma Evcolaro-O'Neil is a Professor Emeritus at Nassau Community College in Garden City, New York.

UNIT 1 REVIEW OF BASIC MATHEMATICS RELATED TO DOSAGE COMPUTATION 1: Chapter 1 Pretest in the Mathematics Involved in Dosage Computation. Chapter 2 Roman Numerals 9. Chapter 3 Fractions. Chapter 4 Decimals. Chapter 5 Percents. Chapter 6 Ratio. Chapter 7 Proportion. Chapter 8 Posttest in the Mathematics Involved in Dosage Computation. UNIT 2 SYSTEMS OF MEASUREMENT. Chapter 9 Celsius (Centigrade) and Fahrenheit Temperature. Chapter 10 The Household System. Chapter 11 The Apothecaries' System. Chapter 12 The Metric System. Chapter 13 Determining Equivalents and Converting Between the Systems of Measurement. UNIT 3 PREPARING FOR THE SAFE ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS. Chapter 14 Abbreviations Used in Administering Medications. Chapter 15 Administering Medications and Interpreting Drug Labels. UNIT 4 ORAL AND PARENTERAL MEDICATIONS. Chapter 16 Computing Oral Medications. Chapter 17 Computing Parenteral Medications. UNIT 5 INTRAVENOUS FLUIDS AND MEDICATIONS. Chapter 18 Intravenous Fluid Therapy and Computing Flow Rates. Chapter 19 Computing Intravenous Medications. Chapter 20 Intravenous Medications for Adults in Special Situations. UNIT 6 MEDICATION DOSAGES FOR INFANTS AND CHILDREN. Chapter 21 Computing Dosage for Infants and Children. UNIT 7 ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF CALCULATING DOSAGES. Chapter 22 Using the Formula Method. Chapter 23 Using Dimensional Analysis. Chapter 24 Medication Orders and Medication Records Applied to Clinical Situations. Chapter 25 Posttest in Computation of Drugs and Solutions. Appendix Solutions for Self-Evaluation and Review Sets.