Clinical Calculations: With Applications to General and Speciality Areas - Softcover

Kee, Joyce Lafever; Marshall, Sally

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0721602711 ISBN 13: 9780721602714

Publisher: W B Saunders Co Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

This book provides comprehensive coverage of dosage calculations used in nursing practice, including applications not only for the general patient care areas, but also for specialty units such as pediatrics, critical care, labor and delivery, and the community. In addition, it is the only text on the market that presents all four major dosage calculation methods (ratio/proportion, formula, fractional equation, and dimensional analysis).

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Review

-The book usefully links calculations to actual conditions and diagnoses, helping nurses to like theory to practice.- Nursing Standard, March 25 2009 -This book offers a comprehensive guide to the applications of clinical calculations in the general setting and in a variety of specialty areas of practice... authors have met their objectives of providing a comprehensive application of calculations in nursing practice. Undergraduate nursing students will find this text particularly useful as they can attempt the many practice problems and post-test section to determine their own competency while they progress through the topics. This book is also valuable as a reference tool for registered nurses in a wide variety of clinical specialties seeking to update their drug administration practices.- Nurse Education in Practice, April 2009 "The book usefully links calculations to actual conditions and diagnoses, helping nurses to like theory to practice." Nursing Standard, March 25 2009 "This book offers a comprehensive guide to the applications of clinical calculations in the general setting and in a variety of specialty areas of practice... authors have met their objectives of providing a comprehensive application of calculations in nursing practice. Undergraduate nursing students will find this text particularly useful as they can attempt the many practice problems and post-test section to determine their own competency while they progress through the topics. This book is also valuable as a reference tool for registered nurses in a wide variety of clinical specialties seeking to update their drug administration practices." Nurse Education in Practice, April 2009 "The book usefully links calculations to actual conditions and diagnoses, helping nurses to like theory to practice." Nursing Standard, March 25 2009 "This book offers a comprehensive guide to the applications of clinical calculations in the general setting and in a variety of specialty areas of practice... authors have met their objectives of providing a comprehensive application of calculations in nursing practice. Undergraduate nursing students will find this text particularly useful as they can attempt the many practice problems and post-test section to determine their own competency while they progress through the topics. This book is also valuable as a reference tool for registered nurses in a wide variety of clinical specialties seeking to update their drug administration practices." Nurse Education in Practice, April 2009

Edition details

• Publisher: W B Saunders Co Ltd
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0721602711
• ISBN 13: 9780721602714
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 400