Description: This perennial best seller has set the standard for dosage calculations. This formula method text contains more practice questions than any competitor; full color labels; equipment; pediatric dosages; and even advanced calculations. New to this edition are a more streamlined presentation; new drug labels; smaller doses for pediatric calculations; and an interactive CD-ROM with improved functionality Product Benefits: - Best-selling dosage calculations book
- New questions added throughout to reflect current drugs and protocols
- Lifespan coverage improvement: ?Pediatric and Adult Dosages Based on Body Weight? (Ch. 13) expanded from ?Pediatric Dosages? chapter from 6e
- New chapter ?Reconstitution of Solutions? (11) pulls all reconstitution information into one place to connect like-concepts for easier understanding (ch.?s 10 and 13 from 6e)
Table of Contents: SECTION I MATHEMATICS REVIEW: Diagnostic Evaluation.
Chapter 1 Math Review- Arabic Numbers, Roman NumberalsFraction and Decimals.
Chapter 2 Math Review-Ratio, Percent, Simple Equations, Ratios and Proportions. Section I: Self-Evaluation, Time and Temperature. SECTION II MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS, DRUG ORDERS, & DRUG LABELS: Chapter 3 Systems of Measurement.
Chapter 4 Conversions: Metric, Apothecary and Household Systems. Chapter 5 Conversions for Other Clinical Applications.
Chapter 6 Equipment Used in Dosages Measurement.
Chapter 7 Interpreting Drug Orders.
Chapter 8 Understanding Drug Labels. Section II: Self-Evaluation. SECTION III DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS: Chapter 9 Oral Dosages of Drugs.
Chapter 10 Parenteral Dosage of Drugs.
Chapter 11 Calculating with Ratio and Proportion.
Chapter 12 Pediatric Dosages. Section III: Self-Evaluationt. SECTION IV ADVANCED CALCULATION: Chapter 13 Reconstitution of Non-Injectable Solutions. Chapter 14 Intravenous Solutions, Equipment and Calculations.
Chapter 15 Advanced Pediatric Calculations.
Chapter 16 Advanced Adult Calculations. Section IV Self-Evaluation. Essential Skills Evaluation Comprehensive Skills Evaluation. Answer Key. Index. |
