Calculation of drug dosages : a work text /
Ogden, Sheila J., 1949-
Calculation of drug dosages : a work text / Sheila J. Ogden, MSN, RN, President and CEO, SJOgden Consulting, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana, Linda K. Fluharty, MSN, RN, Professor, School of Nurisng, Ivy Tech Community College, Indianapolis, Indiana - Eleventh edition - St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, [2020] - xviii, 618 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Includes index
Review of mathematics -- Review of mathematics pretest -- Fractions -- Decimals -- Percents -- Ratios -- Proportions -- Review of mathematics posttest -- Units and measurements for the calculation of drug dosages -- Metric and household measurements -- Apothecary and household measurements -- Equivalents between apothecary and metric measurements -- Preparation for calculation of drug dosages -- Safety in medication administration -- Interpretation of the physician's orders -- How to read drug labels -- Dimensional analysis and the calculation of drug dosages -- Calculation of drug dosages -- Oral dosages -- Parenteral dosages -- Reconstitution and dosages measured in units -- Intravenous flow rates -- Critical care intravenous flow rates -- Pediatric dosages -- Obstetric dosages -- Drug administration considerations -- Automated medication dispensing systems -- Special considerations for the administration of medications to the elderly -- Home care considerations in the administration of medications
Offers a drug calculation work text designed to provide a systemic review of mathematics and a simplified method of calculating drug dosages. Ogden and Fluharty include information on the dimensional analysis, ratio and proportion, and formula methods of drug calculation, as well as numerous practice problems. --From publisher description
9780323551281 0323551289
Pharmaceutical arithmetic--Programmed instruction
Drugs--Dosage--Programmed instruction
RS57 / .R33 2020
615.1/401513
Calculation of drug dosages : a work text / Sheila J. Ogden, MSN, RN, President and CEO, SJOgden Consulting, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana, Linda K. Fluharty, MSN, RN, Professor, School of Nurisng, Ivy Tech Community College, Indianapolis, Indiana - Eleventh edition - St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, [2020] - xviii, 618 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Includes index
Review of mathematics -- Review of mathematics pretest -- Fractions -- Decimals -- Percents -- Ratios -- Proportions -- Review of mathematics posttest -- Units and measurements for the calculation of drug dosages -- Metric and household measurements -- Apothecary and household measurements -- Equivalents between apothecary and metric measurements -- Preparation for calculation of drug dosages -- Safety in medication administration -- Interpretation of the physician's orders -- How to read drug labels -- Dimensional analysis and the calculation of drug dosages -- Calculation of drug dosages -- Oral dosages -- Parenteral dosages -- Reconstitution and dosages measured in units -- Intravenous flow rates -- Critical care intravenous flow rates -- Pediatric dosages -- Obstetric dosages -- Drug administration considerations -- Automated medication dispensing systems -- Special considerations for the administration of medications to the elderly -- Home care considerations in the administration of medications
Offers a drug calculation work text designed to provide a systemic review of mathematics and a simplified method of calculating drug dosages. Ogden and Fluharty include information on the dimensional analysis, ratio and proportion, and formula methods of drug calculation, as well as numerous practice problems. --From publisher description
9780323551281 0323551289
Pharmaceutical arithmetic--Programmed instruction
Drugs--Dosage--Programmed instruction
RS57 / .R33 2020
615.1/401513