Drug Calculations for Nurses : A step-by-step approach, Fourth Edition

✍ Scribed by Lapham, Robert

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 326
• Edition: 4th ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The administration of drug treatments in hospitals has become increasingly complex. It sometimes involves potent drugs that may be fatal if administered incorrectly. The ability to perform drug calculations accurately is therefore paramount to prevent placing patients at risk.Drug Calculations for Nurses: A Step-by-Step Approach teaches healthcare professionals how to perform drug calculations with confidence and competence. It provides step-by-step guidance to carry out accurate drug calculations, with units and drug strengths clearly explained.This bestselling pocket-size book begins with th. Read more...

Abstract: The administration of drug treatments in hospitals has become increasingly complex. It sometimes involves potent drugs that may be fatal if administered incorrectly. The ability to perform drug calculations accurately is therefore paramount to prevent placing patients at risk.Drug Calculations for Nurses: A Step-by-Step Approach teaches healthcare professionals how to perform drug calculations with confidence and competence. It provides step-by-step guidance to carry out accurate drug calculations, with units and drug strengths clearly explained.This bestselling pocket-size book begins with th

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Cover
Contents
Preface
How to Use This book
Before We Start
Pre-Test
PART I: Mathematics
Chapter 1: Basic
Chapter 2: First Principles
Chapter 3: Percent and Percentages
Chapter 4: Units and Equivalences
Chapter 5: Moles and Millimoles
Chapter 6: Drug Strengths or Concentrations
PART II : Performing Calculations
Chapter 7: Dosage Calculations
Chapter 8: Infusion Rate Calculations
PART III : Administering Medicines
Chapter 9: Intravenous Therapy and Infusion Devices
Chapter 10: Action and Administration of Medicines
Chapter 11: Children and Medicines Chapter 12: The Elderly and MedicinesChapter 13: Sources and Interpretation
Revision Test
Answers to Problems
Appendices
Appendix 1: Body Surface Area (BSA) Estimates
Appendix 2: Weight Conversion Tables
Appendix 3: Height Conversion Tables
Appendix 4: Calculation of Body Mass Index (BMI)
Appendix 5: Estimation of Renal Function
Appendix 6: Abbreviations Used in Prescriptions
Back Cover

✦ Subjects

Nursing -- Mathematics -- Problems, exercises, etc. Pharmaceutical arithmetic -- Problems, exercises, etc.