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

Kee, Joyce LeFever; Marshall, Sally M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0721654444 ISBN 13: 9780721654447

Publisher: W B Saunders Co Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

This new Third Edition has been extensively revised and updated to help health care professionals quickly and accurately calculate dosages for drugs. Following a basic math review of Roman numerals, fractions, decimals, percentages, and ratios and proportions, the student learns metric, apothecary, and household measurements, conversions, and methods of calculation. A full section is devoted to calculating drug and fluid dosages for oral, injectable, and intravenous administrations. Unique coverage of calculation problems for both general patient care areas and specialty units complete the book. Features: * WHAT'S NEW: * A new full colour design provides samples of drug labels as they actually appear, helping students learn to identify and read drug labels accurately. * 25% more practice problems using fractions, decimals, percents, ratios and proportions, dimensional analysis, and more! Plus the text includes an extended Post-Math Test to assess knowledge retention. * An increased number of drug labels, tables, and figures demonstrate key concepts, including central venous line placements, intramuscular injection sites, and more. * Coverage of the 5 Rights, with accompanying checklist, guides students to safe and effective interpretation of drug labels. * A new chapter on alternative methods for drug administration. * A completely revised and updated chapter on intravenous preparations explores their clinical applications and includes various IV sites. * New sections -- with practice problems -- discuss direct intravenous injection (IV push), enteral feedings, and medication administration, (including a list of drugs with their hyperosmolality). * 16 handy tear-out cards summarize an increased number of important and frequently used formulas and abbreviations.

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-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

Synopsis

This new Third Edition has been extensively revised and updated to help health care professionals quickly and accurately calculate dosages for drugs. Following a basic math review of Roman numerals, fractions, decimals, percentages, and ratios and proportions, the student learns metric, apothecary, and household measurements, conversions, and methods of calculation. A full section is devoted to calculating drug and fluid dosages for oral, injectable, and intravenous administrations. Unique coverage of calculation problems for both general patient care areas and specialty units complete the book. Features: * WHAT'S NEW: * A new full colour design provides samples of drug labels as they actually appear, helping students learn to identify and read drug labels accurately. * 25% more practice problems using fractions, decimals, percents, ratios and proportions, dimensional analysis, and more! Plus the text includes an extended Post-Math Test to assess knowledge retention. * An increased number of drug labels, tables, and figures demonstrate key concepts, including central venous line placements, intramuscular injection sites, and more.

* Coverage of the 5 Rights, with accompanying checklist, guides students to safe and effective interpretation of drug labels. * A new chapter on alternative methods for drug administration. * A completely revised and updated chapter on intravenous preparations explores their clinical applications and includes various IV sites. * New sections -- with practice problems -- discuss direct intravenous injection (IV push), enteral feedings, and medication administration, (including a list of drugs with their hyperosmolality). * 16 handy tear-out cards summarize an increased number of important and frequently used formulas and abbreviations.

Edition details

• Publisher: W B Saunders Co Ltd
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0721654444
• ISBN 13: 9780721654447
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 317