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Basic Calculation and Administration Skills | |
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Review of Arithmetic for Medical Dosage Calculations | |
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Objectives | |
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Diagnostic Test of Arithmetic | |
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Changing Decimal Numbers and Whole Numbers to Fractions | |
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Changing Fractions to Decimal Numbers | |
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Rounding Decimal Numbers | |
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Multiplying and Dividing Decimal Numbers | |
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Multiplying and Dividing Fractions | |
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Complex Fractions | |
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Percentages | |
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Practice Sets | |
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Drug Administration | |
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Objectives | |
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Who Administers Drugs? | |
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The Drug Administration Process | |
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The Right Drug | |
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The Right Dose | |
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The Right Route | |
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The Right Time | |
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The Right Patient | |
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Drug Orders | |
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Drug Labels | |
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Drug Package Inserts | |
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Medication Administration Records | |
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Practice Sets | |
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Dimensional Analysis | |
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Objectives | |
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Getting Started | |
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Practice Sets | |
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Systems of Measurement for Dosage Calculations | |
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The Apothecary, Household, and Metric Systems | |
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Objectives | |
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The Apothecary System | |
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Liquid Volume in the Apothecary System | |
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Weight in the Apothecary System | |
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Roman Numerals | |
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The Household System | |
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Liquid Volume in the Household System | |
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Weight in the Household System | |
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The Metric System | |
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Liquid Volume in the Metric System | |
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Weight in the Metric System | |
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Practice Sets | |
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Cumulative Review Exercises | |
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Converting from One System of Measurement to Another | |
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Objectives | |
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Equivalents of Common Units of Measurement | |
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Metric-to-Apothecary Conversions | |
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Apothecary-to-Metric Conversions | |
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Household-to-Apothecary or Household-to-Metric Conversions | |
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Practice Sets | |
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Cumulative Review Exercises | |
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Common Medication Preparations | |
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Calculating Oral Medication Doses | |
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Objectives | |
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One-Step Conversions | |
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Dosage by Body Weight | |
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Calculating Dosage by Body Surface Area | |
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Nomogram | |
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Multistep Conversions | |
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Practice Reading Labels | |
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Case Study 6.1 | |
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Practice Sets | |
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Cumulative Review Exercises | |
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Syringes | |
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Objectives | |
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Common Types of Syringes | |
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Other Types of Syringes | |
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Case Study 7.1 | |
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Practice Sets | |
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Cumulative Review Exercises | |
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Preparation of Solutions | |
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Objectives | |
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Strength of Solutions | |
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Pure Drugs in Liquid Form | |
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Pure Drugs in Dry Form | |
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Preparing Solutions from Pure Drugs | |
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Diluting Stock Solutions | |
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Case Study 8.1 | |
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Practice Sets | |
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Cumulative Review Exercises | |
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Parenteral Medications | |
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Objectives | |
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Parenteral Medications Supplied as Liquids | |
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Heparin | |
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Parenteral Medications Supplied in Powdered Form | |
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Case Study 9.1 | |
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Practice Sets | |
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Cumulative Review Exercises | |
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Specialized Medication Preparations | |
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Calculating Flow Rates for Enteral Solutions and Intravenous Infusions | |
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Objectives | |
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Introduction to Intravenous and Enteral Solutions | |
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Enteral Solutions | |
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Intravenous Fluids | |
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Intravenous Solutions | |
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Equipment for IV Infusions | |
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Calculating the Flow Rate of Infusions | |
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Calculating the Flow Rate of Enteral Solutions | |
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Case Study 10.1 | |
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Practice Sets | |
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Cumulative Review Exercises | |
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Calculating Flow Rates for Intravenous Medications and Duration of Flow | |
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Objectives | |
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Intravenous Piggyback Infusions | |
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Intravenous Piggyback Medications | |
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Calculating Flow Rates Based on Body Weight | |
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Calculating Flow Rates Based on Body Surface Area | |
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Calculating the Duration of Flow for IV and Enteral Solutions | |
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Case Study 11.1 | |
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Practice Sets | |
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Cumulative Review Exercises | |
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Calculating Pediatric Dosages | |
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Objectives | |
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Calculating Drug Dosages by Body Weight | |
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Calculating Drug Dosages by Body Surface Area | |
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BSA Pediatric Nomogram | |
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Pediatric Intravenous Dosages | |
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Case Study 12.1 | |
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Practice Sets | |
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Cumulative Review Exercises | |
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Comprehensive Self-Tests | |
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Appendices | |
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Answers Section | |
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Common Abbreviations on Medication Orders | |
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Units of Measurement in Metric, Household, and Apothecary Systems | |
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Dosage Preparation Forms and Packaging | |
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Celsius and Fahrenheit Temperature Conversions | |
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Tables of Weight Conversions | |
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Nomograms | |
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Ratio and Proportion Method for Dosage Calculation | |
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Index | |