Dosage Calculations Made Incredibly Easy!
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6
ISBN/ISSN:
9781975258740
9781975258740
Designed to help health care professionals who are looking for a simple, step-by-step approach to math calculations, Dosage Calculations Made ...
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Designed to help health care professionals who are looking for a simple, step-by-step approach to math calculations, Dosage Calculations Made Incredibly Easy! 6th edition is a fully illustrated guide that offers the complete how-to on calculating dosages for all drug forms and administration routes. It explains how to work with different formulas such as ratios, proportions, ratio proportions, and the "Desired Over Have" formula. Whether you have a little or a lot of experience working with formulas, conversions, or rounding numbers, the information in this book will help you apply medication administration principles in the clinical setting.
Topics include:- math basics such as fractions, decimals, and percentages
- measurement systems and conversions
- calculating oral, topical, liquid, and rectal drug dosages
- calculating parenteral injections and IV infusions
- calculating pediatric, obstetric, and critical care dosages
- recording drug administration
An easy-reference format with clearly worded, bulleted content with plenty of photos, illustrations, and diagrams gives you step-by-step direction on:- calculating dosages of all kinds
- starting an infusion, including IV guidelines
- choosing administration equipment
- dealing with poor handwriting
- understanding medication labels and drug abbreviations
- avoiding common drug errors
Plus, you'll get all these learning aids and tips:- Full-color inserts on improving patient safety by using infusion devices and the anatomy of a medication label.
- Appendices include multiple choice Q&A; drug therapy conversions chart; dosage calculation formulas table; and glossary with key terms and definitions.
- Before you give that drug! – Crucial advice on avoiding medication errors.
- Advice from the experts – Tips on ensuring accurate dosages.
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Edition6ISBN/ISSN9781975258740Product FormatVitalsource Interactive eBookSeriesIncredibly Easy! Series®Edition6
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- Kimberly Giddings MSN, RN, PCCN
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Contents
Contributors vi
Foreword vii
Part I Math basics 1
1 Fractions 3
MaryAnn Edelman, ms , rn 2 Decimals and percentages 24
MaryAnn Edelman, ms , rn 3 Ratios, fractions, proportions, and solving for X 48
Kimberly Giddings, msn , rn , pccn 4 Dimensional analysis 68
MaryAnn Edelman, ms , rn Part II Measurement system 79
5 Metric system 81
Lisa Benson, msn , rn -bc 6 Alternative measurement systems 98
Lisa Benson, msn , rn -bc Part III Medication administration consideration 119
7 Medication orders 121
Sharon Nelson, msn , rn 8 Administration records 135
Sharon Nelson, msn , rn 9 Preventing medication errors 147
Sharon Nelson, msn , rn Part IV Oral, topical, and rectal medications 171
10 Calculating oral medication dosages 173
Sharon Nelson, msn , rn 11 Calculating topical and rectal medication dosages 198
Sharon Nelson, msn , rn Part V Parenteral administration 209
12 Calculating parenteral injections 211
Megan Wince, msn , mba , bsn , rn 13 Calculating intravenous infusions 231
Megan Wince, msn , mba , bsn , rn Part VI Special calculations 261
14 Calculating pediatric dosages 263
Sarah Wallace, p hd , rn , cpn , cne 15 Calculating obstetric medications dosages 292
Cheryl L. DeGraw, e ds , msn , rn , crnp 16 Calculating critical care infusions 308
Kimberly Giddings, msn , rn , pccn 17 Calculating heparin and insulin dosages 338
Megan Wince, msn , mba , bsn , rn
Kimberly Giddings, msn , rn , pccn Appendices and index 363
Practice makes perfect 364
Medication therapy conversions 390
Dosage calculation formulas 392
Glossary 394
Index 397 -
- Before you give that drug! -- Crucial advice on avoiding medication errors
- Advice from the experts -- Tips on ensuring accurate dosages
- For math phobics only -- Hints, tips, and drawings to help you dissolve math obstacles
- Dosage drill -- Real-life clinical dosage situations to practice your calculation skills on
- Memory jogger -- Fortifies content with easy-to-remember tips and formulas
- Quick quiz -- Questions with answers/explanations at end of every chapter to help you remember vital points
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