Drug calculations for nurses : a step-by-step approach.: a step-by-step approach. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Authors: Lapham, Robert
• Contents: MATHEMATICS; Basics; Introduction; Arithmetic Symbols; Basic Maths; Rules of Arithmetic; Fractions and Decimals; Roman Numerals; Powers or Exponentials; ; First Principles; Before We Start; Sense of Number and the Use of Calculators or Formulae; Estimation of Answers; The ‘One Unit’ Rule; Checking Your Answer – Does it Seem Reasonable?; Putting it All Together; Minimizing Errors; ; Percent and Percentages; Introduction; Percent and Percentages; Converting Fractions to Percentages and Vice Versa; Converting decimals to Percentages and Vice Versa; Calculations Involving Percentages; Drug Calculations Involving Percentages; How to Use the Percentage Key on Your Calculator; ; Units and Equivalences; Introduction; SI Units; Prefixes Used in Clinical Practice; Equivalences; Conversion from One Unit to Another; Guide to Writing Units; ; Moles and Millimoles; Introduction; What are Moles and Millimoles?; Millimoles and Micromoles; ; Drug Strengths or Concentrations; Introduction; Percentage Concentration mg/mL concentrations; ‘1 In …’ Concentrations or Ratio Strengths; Parts Per Million (ppm); Drugs Expressed in Units; ; PERFORMING CALCULATIONS; Dosage Calculations; Introduction; Calculating the Number of Tablets or Capsules Required; Drug Dosages Based on Patient Parameters; Ways of Expressing Doses; Calculating Drug Dosages; Displacement Values or Volumes; Prescriber Calculations; ; Infusion Rate Calculations; Introduction; Drip Rate Calculations (drops/min); Conversion of Dosages to mL/hour; Conversion of mL/hour Back to a Dose; Calculating the Length of Time for IV Infusions; ; ADMINISTERING MEDICINES; Intravenous Therapy and Infusion Devices ; IV Infusion Therapy; Answers; Infusion Devices; Infusion Device Classification; ; Action and Administration of Medicines; Action and Administration of Medicines; Introduction; Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics; Administration of Medicines; Promoting the Safer use of Injectable Medicines; ; Children and Medicines; Introduction; Drug Handling in Children; Pharmacodynamics; Routes of Administration of Drugs; Practical Implications; Useful Reference Books; Approximate Values Useful in the Calculation of Doses in Children; ; The Elderly and Medicines; Introduction; Drug Handling in the Elderly; Specific Problems in the Elderly; General Principles; ; Sources and Interpretation of Drug Information; Introduction; Sources of Drug Information; The Internet; Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC); Revision Test; Section One: Basics ; Per cent and Percentages; Units and Equivalences; Drug Strengths or Concentrations; Dosage Calculations; Infusion Rate Calculations; Compare Your Scores; Answers to Problems; ; Answers to Problems Set in Chapters; Per Cent and Percentages; Units and Equivalences; Moles and Millimoles; Drug Strengths or Concentrations; Dosage Calculations; Infusion Rate Calculations; Action and Administration of Medicine; ; Appendices; Body Surface Area (BSA) Estimates; Weight Conversion Tables; Height Conversion Tables; Calculation of Body Mass Index (BMI); Estimation of Renal Function; Abbreviations Used in Prescriptions;
• Edition: Fourth edition
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 615.14; Pharmaceutical arithmetic; Nursing -- Mathematics; Pharmaceutical arithmetic -- Problems, exercises, etc; Nursing -- Mathematics -- Problems, exercises, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482248487; 9781482248463; 9781482248470
• Related ISBNs: 9781482248456
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