Medical dosage calculations / June L. Olsen ... [et al].

Contributor(s):

Olsen, June Looby, 1932- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, [2004]Edition: Eighth EditionDescription: xiv, 381 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)Content type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0131911325

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

615.14 22 M

Online resources:

Table of contents only

Partial contents:

Basic Calculation and Administration Skills -- Review of Arithmetic for Medical Dosage Calculations -- Objectives -- Diagnostic Test of Arithmetic -- Changing Decimal Numbers and Whole Numbers to Fractions -- Changing Fractions to Decimal Numbers -- Rounding Decimal Numbers -- Multiplying and Dividing Decimal Numbers -- Multiplying and Dividing Fractions -- Complex Fractions -- Percentages -- Practice Sets -- Chapter Two Drug Administration -- Objectives -- Who Administers Drugs? -- The Drug Administration Process -- The Right Drug -- The Right Dose -- The Right Route -- The Right Time -- The Right Patient -- Drug Orders -- Drug Labels -- Drug Package Inserts -- Medication Administration Records -- Practice Sets -- Chapter Three Dimensional Analysis -- Objectives -- Getting Started -- Practice Sets -- Unit Two Systems of Measurement for Dosage Calculations -- Chapter Four The Apothecary, Household, and Metric Systems -- Objectives -- The Apothecary System -- Liquid Volume in the Apothecary System -- Weight in the Apothecary System -- Roman Numerals -- The Household System -- Liquid Volume in the Household System -- Weight in the Household System -- The Metric System -- Liquid Volume in the Metric System -- Weight in the Metric System -- Practice Sets -- Cumulative Review Exercises -- Chapter Five Converting from One System of Measurement to Another -- Objectives -- Equivalents of Common Units of Measurement -- Metric-to-Apothecary Conversions -- Apothecary-to-Metric Conversions -- Household-to-Apothecary or Household-to-Metric Conversions -- Practice Sets -- Cumulative Review Exercises -- Unit Three Common Medication Preparations -- Chapter Six Calculating Oral Medication Doses -- Objectives -- One-Step Conversions -- Dosage by Body Weight -- Calculating Dosage by Body Surface Area -- Nomogram -- Multistep Conversions -- Practice Reading Labels -- CASE STUDY 6.1 -- Practice Sets -- Cumulative Review Exercises -- Chapter Seven Syringes --Objectives -- Common Types of Syringes -- Other Types of Syringes -- CASE STUDY 7.1 -- Practice Sets --Cumulative Review Exercises --Chapter Eight Preparation of Solutions -- Objectives --Strength of Solutions -- Pure Drugs in Liquid Form -- Pure Drugs in Dry Form -- Preparing Solutions from Pure Drugs -- Diluting Stock Solutions --CASE STUDY 8.1 -- Practice Sets -- Cumulative Review Exercises -- Chapter Nine Parenteral Medications -- Objectives -- Parenteral Medications Supplied as Liquids -- Heparin -- Parenteral Medications Supplied in Powdered Form -- CASE STUDY 9.1 -- Practice Sets -- Cumulative Review Exercises -- Unit Four Specialized Medication Preparations -- Chapter Ten Calculating Flow Rates for Enteral Solutions and Intravenous Infusions -- Objectives -- Introduction to Intravenous and Enteral Solutions -- Enteral Solutions -- Intravenous Fluids -- Intravenous Solutions -- Equipment for IV Infusions -- Calculating the Flow Rate of Infusions -- Calculating the Flow Rate of Enteral Solutions -- CASE STUDY 10.1 -- Practice Sets -- Cumulative Review Exercises -- Chapter Eleven Calculating Flow Rates for Intravenous Medications and Duration of Flow -- Objectives -- Intravenous Piggyback Infusions -- Intravenous Piggyback Medications -- Calculating Flow Rates Based on Body Weight -- Calculating Flow Rates Based on Body Surface Area -- Calculating the Duration of Flow for IV and Enteral Solutions -- CASE STUDY 11.1 -- Practice Sets -- Cumulative Review Exercises -- Chapter Twelve Calculating Pediatric Dosages -- Objectives -- Calculating Drug Dosages by Body Weight -- Calculating Drug Dosages by Body Surface Area -- BSA Pediatric Nomogram -- Pediatric Intravenous Dosages -- CASE STUDY 12.1 -- Practice Sets -- Cumulative Review Exercises -- Comprehensive Self-Tests -- Appendices -- Appendix A Answers Section -- Appendix B Common Abbreviations on Medication Orders -- Appendix C Units of Measurement in Metric, Household, and Apothecary Systems -- Appendix D Dosage Preparation Forms and Packaging -- Appendix E Celsius and Fahrenheit Temperature Conversions -- Appendix F Tables of Weight Conversions -- Appendix G Nomograms -- Appendix H Ratio and Proportion Method for Dosage Calculation -- Index .

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Includes index.

Basic Calculation and Administration Skills -- Review of Arithmetic for Medical Dosage Calculations -- Objectives -- Diagnostic Test of Arithmetic -- Changing Decimal Numbers and Whole Numbers to Fractions -- Changing Fractions to Decimal Numbers -- Rounding Decimal Numbers -- Multiplying and Dividing Decimal Numbers -- Multiplying and Dividing Fractions -- Complex Fractions -- Percentages --
Practice Sets -- Chapter Two Drug Administration -- Objectives -- Who Administers Drugs? -- The Drug Administration Process -- The Right Drug -- The Right Dose -- The Right Route -- The Right Time -- The Right Patient -- Drug Orders -- Drug Labels -- Drug Package Inserts -- Medication Administration Records -- Practice Sets -- Chapter Three Dimensional Analysis -- Objectives -- Getting Started -- Practice Sets -- Unit Two Systems of Measurement for Dosage Calculations --
Chapter Four The Apothecary, Household, and Metric Systems -- Objectives -- The Apothecary System -- Liquid Volume in the Apothecary System -- Weight in the Apothecary System -- Roman Numerals -- The Household System -- Liquid Volume in the Household System -- Weight in the Household System -- The Metric System -- Liquid Volume in the Metric System -- Weight in the Metric System -- Practice Sets -- Cumulative Review Exercises -- Chapter Five Converting from One System of Measurement to Another -- Objectives -- Equivalents of Common Units of Measurement -- Metric-to-Apothecary Conversions -- Apothecary-to-Metric Conversions -- Household-to-Apothecary or Household-to-Metric Conversions -- Practice Sets --
Cumulative Review Exercises -- Unit Three Common Medication Preparations -- Chapter Six Calculating Oral Medication Doses --
Objectives -- One-Step Conversions -- Dosage by Body Weight --
Calculating Dosage by Body Surface Area -- Nomogram -- Multistep Conversions -- Practice Reading Labels -- CASE STUDY 6.1 -- Practice Sets -- Cumulative Review Exercises -- Chapter Seven Syringes --Objectives -- Common Types of Syringes -- Other Types of Syringes -- CASE STUDY 7.1 -- Practice Sets --Cumulative Review Exercises --Chapter Eight Preparation of Solutions -- Objectives --Strength of Solutions -- Pure Drugs in Liquid Form -- Pure Drugs in Dry Form --
Preparing Solutions from Pure Drugs -- Diluting Stock Solutions --CASE STUDY 8.1 -- Practice Sets -- Cumulative Review Exercises -- Chapter Nine Parenteral Medications -- Objectives -- Parenteral Medications Supplied as Liquids -- Heparin -- Parenteral Medications Supplied in Powdered Form -- CASE STUDY 9.1 -- Practice Sets -- Cumulative Review Exercises -- Unit Four Specialized Medication Preparations -- Chapter Ten Calculating Flow Rates for Enteral Solutions and Intravenous Infusions -- Objectives -- Introduction to Intravenous and Enteral Solutions -- Enteral Solutions -- Intravenous Fluids -- Intravenous Solutions -- Equipment for IV Infusions --
Calculating the Flow Rate of Infusions -- Calculating the Flow Rate of Enteral Solutions -- CASE STUDY 10.1 -- Practice Sets -- Cumulative Review Exercises -- Chapter Eleven Calculating Flow Rates for Intravenous Medications and Duration of Flow -- Objectives --
Intravenous Piggyback Infusions -- Intravenous Piggyback Medications -- Calculating Flow Rates Based on Body Weight -- Calculating Flow Rates Based on Body Surface Area -- Calculating the Duration of Flow for IV and Enteral Solutions -- CASE STUDY 11.1 -- Practice Sets --
Cumulative Review Exercises -- Chapter Twelve Calculating Pediatric Dosages -- Objectives -- Calculating Drug Dosages by Body Weight -- Calculating Drug Dosages by Body Surface Area -- BSA Pediatric Nomogram -- Pediatric Intravenous Dosages -- CASE STUDY 12.1 --
Practice Sets -- Cumulative Review Exercises -- Comprehensive Self-Tests -- Appendices -- Appendix A Answers Section -- Appendix B Common Abbreviations on Medication Orders -- Appendix C Units of Measurement in Metric, Household, and Apothecary Systems --
Appendix D Dosage Preparation Forms and Packaging -- Appendix E Celsius and Fahrenheit Temperature Conversions -- Appendix F Tables of Weight Conversions -- Appendix G Nomograms -- Appendix H Ratio and Proportion Method for Dosage Calculation -- Index .

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