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Calculation of drug dosages : a work text / Sheila J. Ogden, MSN, RN, President and CEO, SJOgden Consulting, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana ; [and] Linda K. Fluharty, MSN, RN, Professor, School of Nursing, Ivy Tech Community College, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Ogden, Sheila J., 1949- (author.). Fluharty, Linda K., (author.).

Summary:

Offers a drug calculation work text designed to provide a systemic review of mathematics and a simplified method of calculating drug dosages. Ogden and Fluharty include information on the dimensional analysis, ratio and proportion, and formula methods of drug calculation, as well as numerous practice problems. --From publisher description.

Record details

ISBN: 0323826229
ISBN: 9780323826228
ISBN: 0323830862
ISBN: 9780323830867
Physical Description: xx, 629 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Edition: Twelfth edition.
Publisher: St Louis : Elsevier, [2022]

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part one. Review of mathematics: Review of mathematics pretest -- Chapter 1. Fractions -- Chapter 2. Decimals -- Chapter 3. Percents -- Chapter 4. Ratios -- Chapter 5. Proportions -- Review of mathematics posttest. -- Part two. Units and measurements for the calculation of drug dosages: Chapter 6. Metric and household measurements -- Chapter 7. Calculations used in patient assessments. -- Part three. Preparation for calculation of drug dosages: Chapter 8. Safety in medication administration -- Chapter 9. Interpretation of the licensed prescriber's orders -- Chapter 10. Reading medication labels. -- Part four. Calculation of drug dosages: Chapter 11. Oral dosages -- Chapter 12. Parenteral dosages -- Chapter 13. Dosages measured in units -- Chapter 14. Reconstitution of medications -- Chapter 15. Intravenous flow rates -- Chapter 16. Intravenous flow rates for dosages measured in units -- Chapter 17. Critical care intravenous flow rates -- Chapter 18. Pediatric dosages -- Chapter 19. Obstetric dosages. -- Comprehensive posttest -- Glossary -- Appendix A. Apothecary system of measure. -- Index.