Medical Dosage Calculations

by June Lobby Disen Olsen; Anthony Patrick Giangrasso; Leon J. Ablon

Edition:

6th

ISBN13:

9780805356052

ISBN10:

0805356053

Format:

Paperback

Pub. Date:

12/1/1994

Publisher(s):

Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference

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Summary

Medical Dosage Calculations teaches nurses and health care professionals how to calculate drug dosages quickly, easily, and accurately. This edition uses dimensional analysis, which has no formulas to memorize and no complicated problem set-ups. Working a problem involves only one or two steps, and the only requirement is knowledge of basic arithmetic.

Unit One Basic Calculation and Administration Skills

Review of Arithmetic for Medical Dosage Calculations

(17)

Objectives

(1)

Changing Decimal Numbers and Whole Numbers to Fractions

(1)

Changing Fractions to Decimal Numbers

(2)

Rounding Decimal Numbers

(1)

Multiplying and Dividing Decimal Numbers

(2)

Multiplying and Dividing Fractions

(2)

Complex Fractions

(2)

Percentages

(1)

Practice Sets

(5)

Drug Administration

(33)

Objectives

(1)

Who Administers Drugs?

(1)

The Drug Administration Process

(3)

The Right Drug

(1)

The Right Dose

(1)

The Right Route

(1)

The Right Time

(1)

The Right Patient

(1)

Drug Orders

(3)

Drug Labels

(6)

Drug Package Inserts

(4)

Medication Administration Records

(5)

Practice Sets

(11)

Dimensional Analysis

(10)

Objectives

(1)

Getting Started

(5)

Practice Sets

(4)

Unit Two Systems of Measurements for Dosage Calculations

The Metric System

(11)

Objectives

(1)

Liquid Volume in the Metric System

(1)

Weight in the Metric System

(3)

Prerequisite Equavalents

(1)

Practice Sets

(5)

The Apothecary and Household Systems

(16)

Objectives

(1)

Liquid Volume in the Apothecary System

(2)

Weight in the Apothecary System

(1)

Roman Numerals

(3)

Liquid Volume in the Household System

(2)

Weight in the Household System

(1)

Practice Sets

(7)

Converting from One System of Measurement to Another

(21)

Objectives

(1)

Equivalents of Common Units of Measurements

(2)

Metric-to-Apothecary Conversions

(2)

Apothecary-to-Metric Conversions

(2)

Household to Apothecary or Metric Conversions

(3)

Prerequisite Equivalents

(1)

Practice Sets

100

(10)

Unit Three Common Medication Preparations

Calculating Oral Medication Doses

110

(31)

Objectives

110

(1)

One-Step Conversions

111

(3)

Dosage by Body Weight

114

(2)

Multistep Conversions

116

(6)

Practice Reading Labels

122

(10)

Practice Sets

132

(9)

Preparation of Solutions

141

(18)

Objectives

141

(1)

Strength of Solutions

142

(1)

Pure Drugs in Liquid Form

142

(1)

Pure Drugs in Dry Form

143

(1)

Preparing Solutions from Pure Drugs

144

(3)

Diluting Stock Solutions

147

(3)

Practice Sets

150

(9)

Syringes

159

(20)

Objectives

159

(1)

Common Types of Syringes

160

(3)

Other Types of Syringes

163

(6)

Practice Sets

169

(10)

Parenteral Medications

179

(23)

Objectives

179

(1)

Parenteral Medications Supplied

180

(6)

Heparin

186

(2)

Parenteral Medications Supplied in Powdered Form

188

(3)

Practice Sets

191

(11)

Unit Four Specialized Medication Preparations

Calculating Flow Rates for Intravenous Infusions and Enteral Solutions

202

(28)

Objectives

202

(2)

Calculating the Flow Rate of Infusions

204

(7)

Intravenous Piggyback Medications

211

(2)

Calculating Rate of Flow of Enteral Solutions

213

(1)

Calculating the Duration of Flow for IV and Enteral Solutions

213

(3)

Calculating Flow Rates Based on Body Weight

216

(2)

Calculating Flow Rates Based on Body Surface Area

218

(2)

Practice Sets

220

(10)

Calculating Pediatric Dosages

230

Objectives

230

Calculating Drug Dosages by Body Weight

231

Calculating Drug Dosages by Body Surface Area

238

BSA Nomogram

239

Practice Sets

242

Case Studies/Self-Tests

253

Appendices

A-1

A: Answers

A-1

B: Common Abbreviations on Medication Orders

A-22

C: Dosage Preparation Forms and Packaging

A-24

D: Celsius and Fahrenheit Temperature Conversions

A-25

E: Tables of Weight Conversions

A-27

F: Nomogram

A-29

G: Fried's Rule, Young's Rule, Clark's Rule

A-31

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