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Applying Medication Math Skills: a Dimensional Analysis Approach

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ISBN-10: 0766800504

ISBN-13: 9780766800502

Edition: 1999

Authors: Gary M. Lawler, Karen Clement-O'Brien

List price: $122.95
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This uniquely designed book will meet your need for a comprehensive and easy-to-understand resource on basic mathematics and dosage calculation! Topics range from basic mathematics to medication dosages based on body weight. The combination of the dimensional analysis problem-solving approach and hands-on learning activities simulate clinical experiences. Includes drug labels, hundreds of practice problems, and interactive CD-ROM. (administration, calculations, doses, measurement, fractions, decimals, exponents, scientific notation, percents, household, apothecary, metric, conversion, oral, parenteral, BSA, body weight, pediatric, intravenous, significant digits, ratio, proportion, formula,…    
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Book details

List price: $122.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Publication date: 12/30/1998
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 288
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Review of Mathematics: Pretest
Operations on Signed Numbers
Fractions
Decimals
Exponents and Scientific Notation
Percents
Introduction to Dimensional Analysis
Household Measurement System
Apothecaries' Measurement System
Metric International (SI) System
Relationship of the Measurement Systems
Dosage Calculation: Introduction to Medication Orders
Medication Administration Records
Oral Medications
Parenteral Medication Calculations
Dosages Based on Body Weight
Pediatric Dosages Based on Body Weight
Intravenous and Other Solution Calculations
Advanced Intravenous and Other Solution Calculations
Advanced Mathematics: Significant Digits
Ratio-Proportion and Formula Method
Temperature Conversion
Logarithms and pH
Molarity
Appendix: Common Abbreviations
Approximate Equivalents
Answers to Exercises