Calculate with confidence / Deborah C. Morris Gray.
By: Morris, Deborah Gray
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BookPublisher: Edinburgh : Mosby, 2009Edition: 5th ed.Description: xvi, 704p. 24cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780323056298; 0323056296.Subject(s): Drugs -- Dosage | Pharmaceutical arithmetic | Nursing -- Mathematics | Drug Dosage Calculations -- Problems and Exercises | Nursing Care -- methods -- Problems and Exercises | Mathematics -- Problems and Exercises | Pharmaceutical Preparations -- administration & dosage -- Problems and Exercises | Clinical & internal medicine | Nursing | Nursing pharmacology | Health and WellbeingDDC classification: 615.14 MOR | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Calculate with Confidence provides a clear consistent format with a step-by-step approach to the calculation and administration of drug dosages. It covers the ratio and proportion, formula, and dimensional analysis methods. This popular text focuses on enhancing the learning experience of students at all curricular levels by making content clinically applicable. Concepts relating to critical thinking, logical thinking, and nursing process are presented throughout. New practice problems have been added throughout this edition and rationales for the answers continue to be provided giving the students a better understanding of principles related to drug dosages. This fifth edition addresses the increasing responsibility of nurses in medication and administration; emphasizes the priority for client care, and presents material that reflects the current scope of the nursing practice.
A clear and consistent, step-by-step approach to calculations and administration makes it easy to understand. Ratio and Proportion, Formula, and Dimensional Analysis content provides you with well-rounded coverage. Pretest and post-test help identify strengths and weaknesses in competency of basic math before and assess your comprehension after Unit One: Math Review. Points to Remember boxes highlighted in each chapter help you remember important concepts. Critical thinking information that should be applied in the clinical setting to help avoid drug calculation and administration errors is boxed throughout the text. Full-color illustrations, photographs, and drug labels familiarize you with what you'll encounter in the clinical setting. Current recommendations from The Joint Commission and Institute for Safe Medication Practices are followed throughout. Caution boxes identify issues that may lead to medication errors and strengthen actions that must be taken to avoid calculation errors. Tips for Clinical Practice calls attention to information critical to math calculation and patient safety as well as issues related to practice. Rule boxes familiarize students with information needed to accurately solve drug calculation problems.Previous ed.: 2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Roman numerals -- Fractions -- Decimals -- Ratio and proportion -- Percentages -- Metric system -- Apothecary and household systems -- Converting within and between systems -- Additional conversions useful in the health care setting -- Medication administration -- Understanding and interpreting medication orders -- Medication administration records and drug distribution systems -- Reading medication labels -- Dosage calculation using the ratio and proportion method -- Dosage calculation using the formula method -- Dosage calculation using the dimensional analysis method -- Calculation of oral medications -- Parenteral medications -- Reconstitution of solutions -- Insulin -- Intravenous solutions and equipment -- Intravenous calculations -- Heparin calculations -- Critical care calculations -- Pediatric and adult dosage calculation based on weight.
Written for practitioners and student nursing staff who have to calculate drug dosages and maintain critical thinking to avoid errors, this fifth edition has been fully updated with guidance for the latest drugs on the market.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Unit 1 Math Review
- Pre-Test
- 1 Roman Numerals
- 2 Fractions
- 3 Decimals
- 4 Ratio and Proportion
- 5 Percentages
- Post-Test
- Unit 2 Systems of Measurement
- 6 Metric System
- 7 Apothecary and Household Systems
- 8 Converting Within and Between Systems
- 9 Additional Conversions Useful in the Health Care Setting
- Unit 3 Methods of Administration and Calculation
- 10 Medication Administration
- 11 Understanding and Interpreting Medication Orders
- 12 Medication Administration Records and Drug Distribution Systems
- 13 Reading Medication Labels
- 14 Dosage Calculation Using the Ratio and Proportion Method
- 15 Dosage Calculation Using the Formula Method
- 16 Dosage Calculation Using the Dimensional Analysis Method
- Unit 4 Oral and Parenteral Dosage Forms and Insulin
- 17 Calculation of Oral Medications
- 18 Parenteral Medications
- 19 Reconstitution of Solutions
- 20 Insulin
- Unit 5 Intravenous, Heparin, and Critical Care Calculations and Pediatric Dosage Calculations
- 21 Intravenous Solutions and Equipment
- 22 Intravenous Calculations
- 23 Heparin Calculations
- 24 Critical Care Calculations
- 25 Pediatric and Adult Dosage Calculation Based on Weight
- Comprehensive Post-Test
- Answer Key
- Index