Math for Nurses
A Pocket Guide to Dosage Calculation and Drug Preparation
Mary J. Boyer(Author)
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (Publisher)
6th Edition
Published on 20. January 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-7817-5372-2 (ISBN)
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Description
Now in its Sixth Edition with a vivid new full-color design, this pocket guide is a compact, portable, easy-to-use reference for dosage calculation and drug administration. The author uses a step-by-step approach with frequent examples to illustrate problem-solving and practical applications. Coverage includes review of mathematics, measurement systems, and a comprehensive section on dosage calculations. This edition features a new chapter on pediatric dosages. New Critical Thinking Checks and practice problems throughout the text, and end-of-chapter and end-of-unit review questions, will aid students' application and recall of material. A handy pull-out card contains basic equivalents, conversion factors, and math formulas.
Now in its Sixth Edition with a vivid new full-color design, this pocket guide is a compact, portable, easy-to-use reference for dosage calculation and drug administration. The author uses a step-by-step approach with frequent examples to illustrate problem-solving and practical applications. Coverage includes review of mathematics, measurement systems, and a comprehensive section on dosage calculations. This edition features a new chapter on pediatric dosages. New Critical Thinking Checks and practice problems throughout the text, and end-of-chapter and end-of-unit review questions, will aid students' application and recall of material. A handy pull-out card contains basic equivalents, conversion factors, and math formulas.
Now in its Sixth Edition with a vivid new full-color design, this pocket guide is a compact, portable, easy-to-use reference for dosage calculation and drug administration. The author uses a step-by-step approach with frequent examples to illustrate problem-solving and practical applications. Coverage includes review of mathematics, measurement systems, and a comprehensive section on dosage calculations. This edition features a new chapter on pediatric dosages. New Critical Thinking Checks and practice problems throughout the text, and end-of-chapter and end-of-unit review questions, will aid students' application and recall of material. A handy pull-out card contains basic equivalents, conversion factors, and math formulas.
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Edition
6th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 102 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7817-5372-2 (9780781753722)
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Content
<ol> Unit I: Basic Mathematics Review and Refresher <li>Pre-assessment Test: Mathematics Skills Review <li>Common Fractions <li>Decimal Fractions and Decimal Whole Numbers <li>Percent, Ratio, and Proportion End of Unit Review Unit II: Measurement Systems <li>The Metric System/International System of Units/SI <li>The Apothecary System <li>Household Measurements <li>Approximate Equivalents and System Conversions End of Unit Review Unit III: Dosage Calculations <li>Medication Labels <li>Oral Dosage Calculations <li>Parenteral Dosage Calculations <li>Intravenous Therapies <li>Intravenous Therapies: Critical Care Applications <li>Drugs Measured in USP Units <li>Pediatric Dosage Calculations and Intravenous Therapy <li>Solutions End of Unit Review Answers Appendices