Math for nurses : a pocket guide to dosage calculation and drug preparation

Summary: "The idea for this compact, pocket-sized book about dosage calculation was generated by my students"--Provided by publisher

Record details

ISBN: 9781975100926
ISBN: 1975100921
ISBN: 9781975145323 (ePub ebook)
Physical Description: print
xvii, 406 pages ; 18 cm + 1 laminated card
Edition: Tenth edition.
Publisher: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2020]

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Includes laminated insert card containing approximate system equivalents and conversions formulas.

Formatted Contents Note:

Preassessment test : mathematics skills review -- Fractions -- Decimals -- Percents, ratio, and proportion -- The metric and household systems of measurement -- Approximate equivalents and system conversions -- Medication labels -- Oral dosage calculations for solids and liquids -- Parenteral dosage calculations -- Intravenous therapy -- Intravenous therapies: critical care applications -- Insulin -- Heparin preparation and dosage calculations : subcutaneous and intravenous -- Pediatric dosage calculations and intravenous therapy -- Solutions and drug reconstitution.