Clinical Calculations: With Applications to General and Specialty AreasThis popular resource is still the only text to review all four major drug calculation methods: basic formula, ratio and proportion, fractional equation, and dimensional analysis. Practice problems help readers master each method so they can apply them effectively in practice. Completely updated throughout, this fourth edition provides the latest information on dosage calculations as well as the most current drug dosages. |
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Clinical Calculations: With Applications to General and Specialty Areas Joyce LeFever Kee,Sally M. Marshall No preview available - 2000 |
Clinical Calculations: With Applications to General and Specialty Areas Joyce LeFever Kee,Sally M. Marshall No preview available - 2000 |
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accompanying administer Adult amount Answer bottle calculation CAUTION Change Child client client receive Company concentration of solution contains controlled Conversion Date decimal desired determine diluent dilution Directions dispensing without prescription divided dosage dose drops Drug available drug dose drug label equivalent example factor Federal law prohibits Figure fluid formula fraction give given grams gtt/min gtt/mL infusion pump Infusion rates INJECTION insert insulin INTRAVENOUS known law prohibits dispensing liquid mcg/hr mcg/min measurement medication method metric mg/day mg/kg/day mg/mL milligrams milliliters mL min/hr minutes mixed mL/hr mL/min multiply needed needle nurse oral Order parameters Pediatric dose powder Practice Prepare prescribing PROBLEM Protect reconstitution safe secondary Shake sodium sodium hypochlorite Step sterile Store subcutaneous sulfate suspension syringe Table tablets tubing units Usual vial volume weight
References to this book
Dosage Calculations Made Incredibly Easy! Lippincott Williams & Wilkins No preview available - 2005 |