Medical dosage calculations: a dimensional analysis approach

Olsen, June Looby (author.). Giangrasso, Anthony Patrick, (author.). Shrimpton, Dolores M., (author.).

Summary: "For courses in medical dosage calculation in departments of nursing, pharmacy, pre-med, pre-dental, and other health disciplines; and for courses covering dosage calculation in other programs, such as pharmacology, pediatrics and critical care. The complete and user-friendly guide to safe drug dosage calculation. Fully revised for current practices and medication, Medical Dosage Calculations remains the field’s most complete, user-friendly and accessible drug calculation text and workbook. Using the dimensional analysis format it pioneered, students begin with simple arithmetic, progressing to the most complex drug calculations. As they develop mathematical skills for accurate dosage calculations, they also gain a thorough professional understanding of safe drug administration. Compared with competitors, our text contains deeper, more realistic problems, incorporating actual dosages and requiring real critical thinking." --

Record details

ISBN: 0133940713
ISBN: 9780133940718
Physical Description: xv, 416 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 28 cm
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Edition: 11th edition.
Publisher: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson, [2016]

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Unit 1 Basic Calculation Skills and Introduction to Medication Administration -- ch. 1 Review of Arithmetic for Dosage Calculations -- Diagnostic Test of Arithmetic -- Changing Decimal Numbers and Whole Numbers to Fractions -- Calculator -- Ratios -- Changing Fractions to Decimal Numbers -- Rounding Decimal Numbers -- Rounding Off -- Rounding Down and Rounding Up -- Adding Decimal Numbers -- Subtracting Decimal Numbers -- Multiplying Decimal Numbers -- Dividing Decimal Numbers -- Estimating Answers -- Multiplying Fractions -- Dividing Fractions -- Complex Fractions -- Addition and Subtraction of Fractions -- Same Denominators -- Different Denominators -- Percentages -- Percent of Change -- Summary -- Practice Sets -- ch. 2 Safe and Accurate Medication Administration -- Medication Administration Process -- Preventing Medication Errors -- Six Rights of Medication Administration -- Right Drug -- Right Dose -- Right Route and Form -- Right Time -- Right Patient -- Right Documentation -- Drug Prescriptions -- Medication Orders -- Types of Medication Orders -- Components of a Medication Order -- Medication Administration Records -- Technology in the Medication Administration Process -- Drug Labels -- Combination Drugs -- Controlled Substances -- Drug Information -- Prescription Drug Package Inserts -- Over-the-Counter (OTC) Labels -- Summary -- Practice Sets -- ch. 3 Dimensional Analysis -- Introduction to Dimensional Analysis -- Mathematical Foundation for Dimensional Analysis -- Changing a Single Unit of Measurement to Another Single Unit of Measurement -- Simple (One-Step) Problems with Single Units of Measurement -- Complex (Multi-Step) Problems with Single Units of Measurement -- Changing One Rate to Another Rate -- Simple (One-Step) Problems with Rates -- Complex (Multi-Step) Problems with Rates -- Summary -- Practice Sets -- Unit 2 Systems of Measurement -- ch. 4 Household and Metric Systems -- Household System -- Liquid Volume in the Household System -- Weight in the Household System -- Length in the Household System -- Decimal-Based Systems -- Metric System -- Liquid Volume in the Metric System -- Weight in the Metric System -- Length in the Metric System -- Summary -- Practice Sets -- ch. 5 Converting from One System of Measurement to Another -- Equivalents of Common Units of Measurement -- Metric-Household Conversions -- Volume Conversions -- Weight Conversions -- Length Conversions -- Summary -- Practice Sets -- Unit 3 Oral and Parenteral Medications -- ch. 6 Oral Medications -- Simple (One-Step) Problems -- Medication in Solid Form -- Medication in Liquid Form -- Medications Measured in Milliequivalents -- Complex (Multi-Step) Problems -- Dosages Based on the Size of the Patient -- Dosages Based on Body Weight -- Dosages Based on Body Surface Area (BSA) -- BSA Formulas -- Summary -- Case Study 6.1 -- Practice Reading Labels -- Practice Sets -- ch. 7 Syringes -- Parts of a Syringe -- Needles -- Commonly Used Sizes of Hypodermic Syringes -- Insulin -- Insulin Syringes -- Types of Insulin -- Insulin Pens -- Insulin Pumps -- Measuring Two Types of Insulin in One Syringe -- Premixed Insulin -- Insulin Coverage/Sliding-Scale Calculations -- Prefilled Syringes -- Safety Syringes -- Needleless Syringes -- Dosing Errors with Syringes -- Summary -- Case Study 7.1 -- Practice Sets -- ch. 8 Solutions -- Introduction -- Strengths of Solutions Using Explicit Units of Measurement -- Strengths of Solutions as Ratios, Fractions, and Percents -- Liquid Solutes -- Dry Solutes -- Determining the Amount of Solute in a Given Amount of Solution -- Determining the Amount of Solution that Contains a Given Amount of Solute -- Irrigating Solutions, Soaks, and Oral Feedings -- Summary -- Case Study 8.1 -- Practice Sets -- ch. 9 Parenteral Medications -- Parenteral Medications -- Parenteral Medications Supplied as Liquids -- Parenteral Medications Supplied in Powdered Form -- How to Use a Mix-O-Vial -- Heparin -- Summary -- Case Study 9.1 -- Practice Sets -- Unit 4 Infusions and Pediatric Dosages -- ch. 10 Flow Rates and Durations of Enteral and Intravenous Infusions -- Introduction to Enteral and Intravenous Solutions -- Enteral Feedings -- Intravenous Infusions -- Intravenous Solutions -- Gravity Systems and Pumps -- Calculations for Infusions -- Finding the Flow Rate on a Pump -- Finding the Volume Infused Using a Pump -- Finding the Duration of an Infusion Using a Pump -- Finding the Flow Rate (Drip Rate) Using a Gravity System -- Finding the Volume Infused Using a Gravity System -- Finding the Duration of an IV Using a Gravity System -- Adjusting the Flow Rate of an IV -- Fluid Balance: Intake/Output -- Summary -- Case Study 10.1 -- Practice Sets -- ch. 11 Flow Rates and Dosage Rates for Intravenous Medications -- Intravenous Administration of Medications -- Intravenous Piggyback Infusions -- Finding the Dosage Rate -- Converting IV Dosage Rates to Flow Rates -- Converting IV Flow Rates to Dosage Rates -- Safe Dose Range -- Determining Infused Volume and Duration of Infusion -- IV Push -- Compound Rates -- Adding Medication to an IVPB Bag -- Titrated Medications -- Summary -- Case Study 11.1 -- Practice Sets -- ch. 12 Pediatric Dosages -- Pediatric Drug Dosages -- Oral Medications -- Parenteral Medications -- Dosages Based on Body Size -- Dosages Based on Body Weight -- Dosages Based on BSA -- Determining Safe Dosage Range -- Intravenous Medications -- Using a Volume-Control Chamber -- Calculating Daily Fluid Maintenance -- Summary -- Case Study 12.1 -- Practice Sets -- Comprehensive Self-Tests -- Appendices -- Appendix A Answer Section -- Appendix B FDA and ISMP Lists of Look-Alike Drug Names with Recommended Tall Man Letters -- Appendix C Commonly Used Abbreviations -- Appendix D Units of Measurement in Metric and Household Systems -- Appendix E Celsius and Fahrenheit Temperature Conversions -- Appendix F Diluting Stock Solutions -- Appendix G Apothecary System.