Medical dosage calculations

Olsen, June Looby. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0132384701 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780132384704
Physical Description: print
xii, 344 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).
Edition: 9th ed.
Publisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Basic calculation skills and introduction to medical administration -- Review of artithmetic for medical dosage calculations -- Safe and accurate drug administration -- Dimensional analysis -- Systems of measurement -- Metric, household, and apothecary systems -- Converting from one system of measurement to another -- Oral and parenteral medications -- Calculating oral medication doses -- Syringes -- Preparation of solutions -- Parenteral medications -- Infusions and pediatric dosages -- Calculating flow rates and durations of enteral solutions and intravenous infusions -- Calculating flow rates for intravenous medications -- Calculating pediatric dosages -- Comprehensive self-tests.