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Medical Dosage Calculations
ISBN: 9780131134799 | 0131134795
Edition: 9thFormat: Paperback w/CD
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008
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For a course in Medical Dosages Calculations in departments of Nursing; pharmacy, pre med, pre dental and other health disciplines. Completely revised and updated to include the latest practices and medication, the Eighth Edition maintains its user-friendly structure and offers students a comprehensive yet accessible drug calculation text and workbook. Using the dimensional analysis format, this invaluable resource begins with simple arithmetic and progresses to the most complex drug calculation problem, enabling students to develop the mathema... MORE
| Basic Calculation and Administration Skills | p. 1 |
| Review of Arithmetic for Medical Dosage Calculations | p. 2 |
| Objectives | p. 2 |
| Diagnostic Test of Arithmetic | p. 3 |
| Changing Decimal Numbers and Whole Numbers to Fractions | p. 4 |
| Changing Fractions to Decimal Numbers | p. 5 |
| Rounding Decimal Numbers | p. 7 |
| Multiplying and Dividing Decimal Numbers | p. 7 |
| ... MORE | p. 10 |
| Complex Fractions | p. 12 |
| Percentages | p. 13 |
| Practice Sets | p. 14 |
| Drug Administration | p. 17 |
| Objectives | p. 17 |
| Who Administers Drugs? | p. 18 |
| The Drug Administration Process | p. 18 |
| The Right Drug | p. 18 |
| The Right Dose | p. 20 |
| The Right Route | p. 20 |
| The Right Time | p. 21 |
| The Right Patient | p. 21 |
| Drug Orders | p. 22 |
| Drug Labels | p. 24 |
| Drug Package Inserts | p. 28 |
| Medication Administration Records | p. 34 |
| Practice Sets | p. 39 |
| Dimensional Analysis | p. 49 |
| Objectives | p. 49 |
| Getting Started | p. 50 |
| Practice Sets | p. 55 |
| Systems of Measurement for Dosage Calculations | p. 57 |
| The Apothecary, Household, and Metric Systems | p. 59 |
| Objectives | p. 59 |
| The Apothecary System | p. 60 |
| Liquid Volume in the Apothecary System | p. 60 |
| Weight in the Apothecary System | p. 61 |
| Roman Numerals | p. 61 |
| The Household System | p. 62 |
| Liquid Volume in the Household System | p. 62 |
| Weight in the Household System | p. 63 |
| The Metric System | p. 64 |
| Liquid Volume in the Metric System | p. 64 |
| Weight in the Metric System | p. 65 |
| Practice Sets | p. 68 |
| Cumulative Review Exercises | p. 74 |
| Converting from One System of Measurement to Another | p. 75 |
| Objectives | p. 75 |
| Equivalents of Common Units of Measurement | p. 76 |
| Metric-to-Apothecary Conversions | p. 78 |
| Apothecary-to-Metric Conversions | p. 81 |
| Household-to-Apothecary or Household-to-Metric Conversions | p. 83 |
| Practice Sets | p. 86 |
| Cumulative Review Exercises | p. 94 |
| Common Medication Preparations | p. 97 |
| Calculating Oral Medication Doses | p. 99 |
| Objectives | p. 99 |
| One-Step Conversions | p. 100 |
| Dosage by Body Weight | p. 104 |
| Calculating Dosage by Body Surface Area | p. 105 |
| Nomogram | p. 106 |
| Multistep Conversions | p. 110 |
| Practice Reading Labels | p. 116 |
| Case Study 6.1 | p. 133 |
| Practice Sets | p. 136 |
| Cumulative Review Exercises | p. 141 |
| Syringes | p. 143 |
| Objectives | p. 143 |
| Common Types of Syringes | p. 144 |
| Other Types of Syringes | p. 148 |
| Case Study 7.1 | p. 153 |
| Practice Sets | p. 157 |
| Cumulative Review Exercises | p. 166 |
| Preparation of Solutions | p. 169 |
| Objectives | p. 169 |
| Strength of Solutions | p. 170 |
| Pure Drugs in Liquid Form | p. 170 |
| Pure Drugs in Dry Form | p. 171 |
| Preparing Solutions from Pure Drugs | p. 172 |
| Diluting Stock Solutions | p. 175 |
| Case Study 8.1 | p. 178 |
| Practice Sets | p. 180 |
| Cumulative Review Exercises | p. 187 |
| Parenteral Medications | p. 189 |
| Objectives | p. 189 |
| Parenteral Medications Supplied as Liquids | p. 190 |
| Heparin | p. 196 |
| Parenteral Medications Supplied in Powdered Form | p. 198 |
| Case Study 9.1 | p. 201 |
| Practice Sets | p. 203 |
| Cumulative Review Exercises | p. 210 |
| Specialized Medication Preparations | p. 213 |
| Calculating Flow Rates for Enteral Solutions and Intravenous Infusions | p. 215 |
| Objectives | p. 215 |
| Introduction to Intravenous and Enteral Solutions | p. 216 |
| Enteral Solutions | p. 216 |
| Intravenous Fluids | p. 216 |
| Intravenous Solutions | p. 217 |
| Equipment for IV Infusions | p. 220 |
| Calculating the Flow Rate of Infusions | p. 224 |
| Calculating the Flow Rate of Enteral Solutions | p. 229 |
| Case Study 10.1 | p. 230 |
| Practice Sets | p. 232 |
| Cumulative Review Exercises | p. 236 |
| Calculating Flow Rates for Intravenous Medications and Duration of Flow | p. 239 |
| Objectives | p. 239 |
| Intravenous Piggyback Infusions | p. 240 |
| Intravenous Piggyback Medications | p. 241 |
| Calculating Flow Rates Based on Body Weight | p. 246 |
| Calculating Flow Rates Based on Body Surface Area | p. 247 |
| Calculating the Duration of Flow for IV and Enteral Solutions | p. 248 |
| Case Study 11.1 | p. 252 |
| Practice Sets | p. 253 |
| Cumulative Review Exercises | p. 262 |
| Calculating Pediatric Dosages | p. 263 |
| Objectives | p. 263 |
| Calculating Drug Dosages by Body Weight | p. 264 |
| Calculating Drug Dosages by Body Surface Area | p. 270 |
| BSA Pediatric Nomogram | p. 271 |
| Pediatric Intravenous Dosages | p. 274 |
| Case Study 12.1 | p. 275 |
| Practice Sets | p. 277 |
| Cumulative Review Exercises | p. 284 |
| Comprehensive Self-Tests | p. 287 |
| Appendices | p. 317 |
| Answers Section | p. 318 |
| Common Abbreviations on Medication Orders | p. 365 |
| Units of Measurement in Metric, Household, and Apothecary Systems | p. 367 |
| Dosage Preparation Forms and Packaging | p. 368 |
| Celsius and Fahrenheit Temperature Conversions | p. 369 |
| Tables of Weight Conversions | p. 371 |
| Nomograms | p. 373 |
| Ratio and Proportion Method for Dosage Calculation | p. 375 |
| Index | p. 379 |
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June Looby Olsen, RN, MS: Professor of Nursing (Emeritus) The College of Staten Island Staten Island, New York Anthony Patrick Giangrasso, PhD: Professor of Mathematics La Guardia Community College Long Island City, New York Dolores M. Shrimpton, RN, MA: Associate Professor Chairperson, Department of Nursing Kingsborough Community College Brooklyn, New York
