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Dosage Calculations

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ISBN-10: 1605471976

ISBN-13: 9781605471976

Edition: 4th 2010 (Revised)

Authors: Springhouse Publishing Company Staff

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As it moves into its 4th edition, Dosage Calculations Made Incredibly Easy will contain everything the health care practitioner needs to review and the student needs to learn about calculating drug dosages. This entertaining and informative reference reviews the basic math including fractions, decimals, percentages, ratios and proportions needed to perform dosage calculation. It walks the nurse through the interpretation of hundreds of examples of drug orders and the performance of hundreds of complex dosage calculations. In addition, Dosage Calculations Made Incredibly Easy, 4e, provides information on other vital aspects of dosage calculations such as deciphering difficult abbreviations,…    
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Book details

List price: $49.99
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Publication date: 1/6/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.584

Contributors and consultants
Not another boring foreword
Math basics
Fractions
Decimals and percentages
Ratios, fractions, proportions, and solving for X
Dimensional analysis
Measurement systems
Metric system
Alternative measurement systems
Recording drug administration
Drug orders
Administration records
Preventing medication errors
Oral, topical, and rectal drugs
Calculating oral drug dosages
Calculating topical and rectal dosages
Parenteral administrations
Calculating parenteral injections
Calculating I.V. infusions
Special calculations
Calculating pediatric dosages
Calculating obstetric dosages
Calculating critical care dosages
Appendices and Index
Practice makes perfect
Table of conversions
Summary of dosage calculation formulas
Glossary
Selected references