Morris, Deborah Gray

Calculate with confidence / Deborah Gray Morris - 3rd edition - St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby, c2002 - xxii, 602 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Includes index.

Contents

Unit one: Math review
1.Roman numerals
2.Fractions
3.Decimals
4.Ratio and proportion
5.Percentages

Unit two: Systems of measurement
6.Metric system
7.Apothecaries' and household systems
8.Converting within and between systems
9.Additional conversions useful in the health care setting

Unit three: Methods of administration and calculation
10.Medication administration
11.Understanding medication orders
12.Medication administration records
13.Reading medication labels
14.Calculating doses using ratio-proportion
15.Dose calculation using the formula method

Unit four: Oral and parental dose forms, insulin, and pediatric dose calculations
16.Calculation of oral medications
17.Parenteral medications
18.Powdered drugs
19.Insulin
20.Pediatric dose calculation

Unit five: Basic I.V., Heprarin and critical care calculations
21.Basic I.V. calculations
22.Heparin calculations
23.Critical care calculations Unit
24.Dimensional analysis.

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Nursing--Mathematics.
Pharmaceutical arithmetic.
Drugs--administration & dosage--problems.
Drugs--administration & dosage--nurses' instruction.
Mathematics--nurses' instruction.
Mathematics--problems.

QV 18.2 G875c 2002