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Clinical calculations : with applications to general and specialty areas /

Clinical calculations : with applications to general and specialty areas /

Clinical Calculations: With Applications to General and Specialty Areas, 8th Edition covers all four major drug calculation methods -- ratio & proportion, formula, fractional equation, and dimensional analysis. It also includes practice problems not only for general care but also for specialty a...

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Main Authors: Kee, LeFever Joyce (Author, RN, MS, Associate Professor, Emerita, College of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware.), Marshall, Sally M. (Author, RN, MSN, Formerly, Nursing Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Regional Office of Medical Center, Wilmington, Delware.), Woods, Katy (Author, RN, BSN, DNP-C, Nurse, Anesthesia Specialty, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland), Forrester, Mary Catherine (Author, RN, MSN, ACNP-BC, Vanderbilt University Hospital Trauma and Burn Center, Nashville, Tennessee)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Missouri: Elsevier, 2017.
Edition:Eighth edition.
Subjects:
Drug dosage calculations
Pharmaceutical preparations > Administration and dosage
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Table of Contents:
  • Systems used for drug administration
  • Conversion within the metric, apothecary, and household systems
  • Interpretation of drug labels, drug orders, bar codes, MAR and eMAR, automation of medication dispensing administration, and abbreviations
  • Prevention of medication errors
  • Alternative methods for drug administration
  • Methods of calculation
  • Methods of calculation for individualized drug dosing
  • Oral and enteral preparations with clinical applications
  • Injectable preparations with clinical applications
  • Insulin administration
  • Intravenous preparations with clinical applications
  • Pediatrics
  • Critical care
  • Pediatric critical care
  • Labor and delivery
  • Community.