Clinical calculations : with applications to general and specialty areas /
Joyce LeFever Kee and Sally M. Marshall
- Seventh edition.
- St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier Saunders, c2013
- vi, 387 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Systems used for drug administration -- Conversion within the metric, apothecary, and household systems -- Interpretation of drug labels, drug orders, bar codes, MAR and eMAR, automation of medication dispensing administration, and abbreviations -- Prevention of medication errors -- Alternative methods for drug administration -- Methods of calculation -- Methods of calculation for individualized drug dosing -- Oral and enteral preparations with clinical applications -- Injectable preparations with clinical applications -- Intravenous preparations with clinical applications -- Pediatrics -- Critical care -- Pediatric critical care -- Labor and delivery -- Community
Covering all four major drug calculation methods, this resource makes it easy to learn and apply drug calculations used in nursing practice today. Clear explanations of ratio & proportion, formula, fractional equation, and dimensional analysis allow you to choose the method that works best for you. A variety of realistic practice problems cover specialty areas and lifespan issues including pediatric, critical care, labor and delivery, and community settings.