Math for Nurses A Pocket Guide to Dosage Calculation and Drug Preparation

by Boyer, Mary Jo

• ISBN13: 9780781753722
• ISBN10: 0781753724
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-20
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

Now in its Sixth Edition with a vivid new full-color design, this pocket guide is a compact, portable, easy-to-use reference for dosage calculation and drug administration. The author uses a step-by-step approach with frequent examples to illustrate problem-solving and practical applications. Coverage includes review of mathematics, measurement systems, and a comprehensive section on dosage calculations. This edition features a new chapter on pediatric dosages. New Critical Thinking Checks and practice problems throughout the text, and end-of-chapter and end-of-unit review questions, will aid students' application and recall of material. A handy pull-out card contains basic equivalents, conversion factors, and math formulas.

Table of Contents

Preassessment test : mathematics skills review	p. 3
Common fractions	p. 9
Decimal fractions and decimal whole numbers	p. 42
Percent, ratio, and proportion	p. 61
The metric system/international system of units/SI	p. 89
The apothecary system	p. 97
Household measurements	p. 103
Approximate equivalents and system conversions	p. 110
Medication labels	p. 125
Oral dosage calculations	p. 135
Parenteral dosage calculations	p. 149
Intravenous therapies	p. 161
Intravenous therapies : critical-care applications	p. 181
Drugs measured in USP units	p. 194
Pediatric dosage calculations and intravenous therapy	p. 224
Solutions	p. 247
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