Full Description
Now in its Fifth Edition, this compact, portable and easy-to-use pocket guide provides reference to dosage calculations and drug administration. Using a step-by-step approach, frequent examples are provided to illustrate problem-solving and practical application skills. Contains a review of math skills, measurement systems, and drug calculations and preparations. New features include practice problems, a chapter on drug calculations with drug labels, and a pullout card with basic equivalents, conversion factors, and math formulas. Ends of chapters encourage reader practice. Details on special population considerations given in the pediatric and geriatric chapters. A great undergraduate resource!
Contents
Unit 1: Basic Math Review and Refresher1. Pre-Assessment Test: Math Skills Review2. Roman Numerals with Arabic Equivalents3. Common Fractions4. Decimals or Decimal Fractions5. Percent, Ratio, and Proportion Unit II: Measurement Systems6. The Metric System/International System of Units/SI7. The Apothecaries' System8. Household Measurements9. System Equivalents and System Conversions Unit III: Dosage Calculations10. Medication Labels11. Oral Dosage Calculations12. Parenteral Dosages13. Intravenous Therapies14. Drugs Measured in USP Units15. Immunostimulants: Vaccines, Toxoids, and Immune Serum Globulins16. Solutions AnswersAppendicesA. Rounding off DecimalsB. Intradermal InjectionsC. Subcutaneous InjectionsD. Intramuscular InjectionsE. Z-Track InjectionsF. Pediatric Intramuscular InjectionsG. Nursing Concerns for Pediatric Drug AdministrationH. Nursing Concerns for Geriatric Drug AdministrationI. Abbreviations and Symbols for Drug Preparation and AdministrationJ. Temperature Conversion: Fahrenheit and Celsius ScalesK. Dosage Calculations/Examples Using Dimensional Analysis Inde
