Full Description
Now in its Sixth Edition, this best-selling text features a highly visual, hands-on approach to learning dosage calculations and principles of drug administration. It presents step-by-step approaches to solving problems and includes dosage problems that simulate actual clinical experience. Each chapter includes numerous examples, self-tests, and proficiency tests. This edition covers all four dosage calculation methods - formula, ratio, and proportion side by side in each chapter, and dimensional analysis in a new chapter. Drug labels are current, and problems use JCAHO-approved abbreviations. There is a handy quick-reference plastic pull-out card that shows conversions and formulas.
Contents
Chapter 1: Arithmetic Needed for Dosage Chapter 2: Interpreting the Language of Prescriptions Chapter 3: Metric, Apothecary and Household Systems of Measurement Chapter 4: Drug Labels and Packaging Chapter 5: Drug Preparations and Equipment to Measure Doses Chapter 6: Calculation of Oral Medications-Solids and Liquids Chapter 7: Liquids for Injection Chapter 8: Calculation of Basic IV Drip Rates Chapter 9: Special Types of Intravenous Calculations Chapter 10: Dosage Problems for Infants and Children Chapter 11: Dimensional Analysis Chapter 12: Information Basic to Administering Drugs Chapter 13: Administration Procedures Appendix A Proficiency Test Answers Appendix B Putting It Together Answers Glossary Index
