Buchholz, Susan

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.

9781451119022


PHARMACEUTICAL ARITHMETIC

RS 57 .B83 2009