Math For Meds

by Curren, Anna M.

• ISBN13: 9781401831226
• ISBN10: 1401831222
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-07
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

Follow the leader. Math for Meds has helped nearly one million nurses and other health care professionals become safe practitioners of dosage calculations. This classic resource continues to blaze the trail into a ninth edition, with its ratio and proportion method and building-block organization. Hundreds of full-color images of drug labels, syringes, and equipment complement the range of calculation competencies - from reading medication labels to calculating flow rates for heparin infusion. The straightforward language has also been retained, as the ninth edition preserves the tradition of making the complex understandable.

Table of Contents

Refresher Math

Relative Value, Addition and Subtraction of Decimals

Multiplication and Division of Decimals

Solving Common Fraction Equations

Introduction to Drug Measures

Metric, International (SI) System

Additional Drug Measures: Unit, Percentage, Milliequivalent, Ratio, Apothecary, Household, International Units (U)

Reading Medication Labels and Syringe Calibrations

Reading Oral Medication Labels

Hypodermic Syringe Measurement

Reading Parenteral Medication Labels

Reconstitution of Powdered Drugs

Measuring Insulin Dosages

Dosage Calculation Using Ratio and Proportion

Formula Method Basic Formula

Dosage Calculation from Body Weight and Body Surface Area

Adult and Pediatric Dosages Based on Body Weight

Adult and Pediatric Dosages Based on Body Surface Area

Intravenous Calculations

Introduction to IV Therapy

IV Flow Rate Calculation

Calculating IV Infusion and Completion Times

IV Medication and Titration Calculations

Heparin Infusion Calculations

Pediatric Medication Calculations

Pediatric Oral and Parenteral Medications

Pediatric Intravenous Medications

Medication Administration Records

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