Clinical calculations : with applications to general and specialty areas / Joyce LeFever Kee, RN, MS, Sally M. Marshall, RN, MSN, Kathryn Woods, RN, BSN, CRNA, DNP, Mary Catherine Forrester, RN, MSN, ACNP-BC.

By: Kee, Joyce LeFever [author.]
Contributor(s): Marshall, Sally M [author.] | Woods, Katy [author.] | Forrester, Mary Catherine [author.]
Language: English Publisher: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, 2023Edition: Tenth editionDescription: xv, 441 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780323809832; 0323809839Subject(s): Pharmaceutical arithmetic | Drugs -- Dosage | Drug Dosage Calculations | Pharmaceutical Preparations -- administration & dosageDDC classification: 615.1401513 LOC classification: RS57 | .K44 2023
Contents:
Systems used for drug administration and temperature conversion -- Conversion within the metric and household systems -- Interpretation of drug labels, drug orders, bar codes, MAR and eMAR, automation of medicatin 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 preparatioons with clinical applications -- Antidiabetic medications -- Intravenous preparations with clinical applications -- Anticoagulants -- Pediatrics -- Critical care -- Pediatric critical care -- Labor and delivery -- Home care and community --
Summary: "Learn the most common methods of drug calculation, and use the one that is right for you! Clinical Calculations: With Applications to General and Specialty Areas, 10th Edition helps you learn to calculate drug dosages accurately. It covers the four major drug calculation methods basic formula, ratio and proportion, fractional equation, and dimensional analysis plus body weight and body surface area. It also includes practice problems not only for general care but also for specialty areas such as pediatrics and critical care. Written by a team of experts, this market-leading text shows how drug calculation and drug administration are related and emphasizes patient safety above all else"--Provided by publisher.
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Previous edition: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Systems used for drug administration and temperature conversion -- Conversion within the metric and household systems -- Interpretation of drug labels, drug orders, bar codes, MAR and eMAR, automation of medicatin 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 preparatioons with clinical applications -- Antidiabetic medications -- Intravenous preparations with clinical applications -- Anticoagulants -- Pediatrics -- Critical care -- Pediatric critical care -- Labor and delivery -- Home care and community -- Appendix A: Guidelines for administration of medications.

"Learn the most common methods of drug calculation, and use the one that is right for you! Clinical Calculations: With Applications to General and Specialty Areas, 10th Edition helps you learn to calculate drug dosages accurately. It covers the four major drug calculation methods basic formula, ratio and proportion, fractional equation, and dimensional analysis plus body weight and body surface area. It also includes practice problems not only for general care but also for specialty areas such as pediatrics and critical care. Written by a team of experts, this market-leading text shows how drug calculation and drug administration are related and emphasizes patient safety above all else"--Provided by publisher.

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