Math for Nurses A Skill-Builder and Reference Guide for Dosage Calculation

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• ISBN13: 9781607149064
• ISBN10: 1607149060
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-09-04
• Publisher: Kaplan Publishing

Summary

Kaplan's Math for Nurses is a comprehensive, easy-to-use pocket guide for today's busy healthcare professional. Written to meet the needs of practitioners of nursing at all levels, each chapter breaks down math concepts through step-by-step explanations, practice questions, chapter quizzes, and in-depth answer keys. Nurses can use this book as a review for certification or licensing examinations, or as a go-to reference in your workplace. Features: *Diagnostic quiz; *Dosage calculation practice using dimensional analysis, ratio-proportion, and formula methods; *Ample calculation space; *Examples and problems featuring oral, IV, and parenteral medication administration; *Chapter tests with in-depth answer keys for immediate feedback; *Pull-out measurement and convertions chart.

Author Biography

Kaplan Nursing is the world's largest provider of NCLEX-RN exam review in live, live online, and self-paced classrooms. Its partnership with Lippincott Williams Wilkins also provides nursing schools with Integrated testing, an easy-to-use benchmark testing solution that helps identify and remediate gaps in nursing knowledge. For more information, visit us at kaplannursing.com.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
How to Use This Book	p. xi
Foundation Skills
Diagnostic Test	p. 3
Basic Arithmetic	p. 21
Fractions	p. 41
Decimals	p. 57
Percentages	p. 75
Ratios and Proportions	p. 85
Rates	p. 103
Applications
Systems of Measurement	p. 119
Basic Problem Solving and Strategies for Dosage Calculation	p. 135
Oral Medications	p. 161
Intravenous Medications	p. 185
Parenteral Medications	p. 211
Age-Specific Considerations	p. 237
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