TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ogden,Sheila J.
AU  - Fluharty,Linda K.
TI  - Calculation of drug dosages: a work text 
SN  - 9780323551281
AV  - RS57 .R33 2020
U1  - 615.1/401513 23
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - St. Louis, Missouri : 
PB  - Elsevier
KW  - Pharmaceutical arithmetic
KW  - Programmed instruction
KW  - Drugs
KW  - Dosage
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -