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Calculate with confidence / Deborah Gray Morris.
Holman Biotech Commons RS57 .M67 2014
Available
Holman Biotech Commons RS57 .M67 2014
Available
Holman Biotech Commons RS57 .M67 2014
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morris, Deborah Gray, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pharmaceutical arithmetic.
- Nursing--Mathematics.
- Nursing.
- Drug Dosage Calculations.
- Nursing Care--methods.
- Mathematics.
- Pharmaceutical Preparations--administration & dosage.
- Medical Subjects:
- Drug Dosage Calculations.
- Nursing Care--methods.
- Mathematics.
- Pharmaceutical Preparations--administration & dosage.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 736 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Edition:
- Sixth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier Mosby, [2014]
- Contents:
- Roman numerals
- Fractions
- Decimals
- Ratio and proportion
- Percentages
- Metric system
- Apothecary and household systems
- Converting within and between systems
- Additional conversions useful in the health care setting
- Medication administration
- Understanding and interpreting medication orders
- Medication administration records and medication distribution systems
- Reading medication labels
- Dosage calculation using the ratio and proportion method
- Dosage calculation using the formula method
- Dosage calculation using the dimensional analysis method
- Calculation of oral medications
- Parenteral medications
- Reconstitution of solutions
- Insulin
- Intravenous solutions and equipment
- Intravenous calculations
- Heparin calculations
- Critical care calculations
- Pediatric and adult dosage calculation based on weight.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Frances C. Thielbar Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780323089319
- 0323089313
- OCLC:
- 351309438
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