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020			_a9781285429458
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050			_aRS 57 .P53 2016
100			_aPickar, Gloria D. _eauthor
245		0	_aDosage calculations : _ba ratio-proportion approach / _cGloria D. Pickar and Amy Pickar Abernethy
250			_aFourth edition.
260			_aStamford, Connecticut : _bCengage Learning Asia Pte Ltd, _cc2016
300			_aiii, 762 pages : _bcolor illustrations ; _c28 cm.
365			_bUSD58.25
504			_aIncludes index.
505			_aPretest and mathematics review -- Fractions and decimals -- Ratios, percents, simple equations, and ratio-proportion -- Measurement systems, drug orders, and drug labels -- Systems of measurement -- Conversion: metric and household systems -- Conversions for other clinical applications: time and temperature -- Equipment used in dosage measurement -- Interpreting drug orders -- Understanding drug labels -- Preventing medication errors -- Drug dosage calculations -- Oral dosage of drugs -- Parenteral dosage of drugs -- Reconstitution of solutions -- Pediatric and adult dosages based on body weight -- Alternative dosage calculation methods: formula and dimensional analysis -- Intravenous solutions, equipment, and calculations -- Body surface area and advanced pediatric calculations -- Advanced adult intravenous calculations -- Essential skills evaluation: posttest -- Comprehensive skills evaluation -- Answers
520			_aAn excellent resource for anyone in or entering the field, market-leading DOSAGE CALCULATIONS: A RATIO-PROPORTION APPROACH, fourth edition, teaches you how to reduce errors and build your confidence in dosage calculation. It carefully examines both basic and advanced calculations, including intravenous medications and those specific to the pediatric patient. Extremely reader friendly, the book includes a comprehensive math review and a unique three-step method of calculating dosages that trains you to approach calculations logically. The new fourth edition reflects the latest drugs and protocol, regulations on medication abbreviations, medication administration technologies, and safe medication practices. Clinical simulations and Clinical Reasoning Skills scenarios based on QSEN principles help sharpen your clinical reasoning skills, while Section Examinations help prepare you for your future with test items formatted like graduate licensure examinations.
650			_aPHARMACEUTICAL ARITHMETIC
700			_aAbernethy, Amy Pickar _eco-author
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