Henke's med-math : dosage calculations, preparation & administration /
Susan Buchholz and Grace Henke
- Sixth edition.
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2009
- xiv, 513 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Includes index.
Arithmetic needed for dosage -- Interpreting the language of prescriptions -- Metric, apothecary, and household systems of measurement -- Drug labels and packaging -- Drug preparations and equipment to measure doses -- Calculation of oral medications : solids and liquids -- Liquids for injection -- Calculation of basic IV drip rates -- Special types of intravenous calculations -- Dosage problems for infants and children -- Dimensional analysis -- Information basic to administering drugs -- Administration procedures
Offers a highly visual, hands-on approach to learning dosage calculations and principles of drug administration.