Math for Nurses: A Pocket Guide to Dosage Calculation and Drug Preparation - Softcover

Boyer, Mary Jo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0781734681 ISBN 13: 9780781734684

Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2001

Synopsis

Now in its Fifth Edition, this compact, portable and easy-to-use pocket guide provides reference to dosage calculations and drug administration. Using a step-by-step approach, frequent examples are provided to illustrate problem-solving and practical application skills. This book contains a review of math skills, measurement systems, and drug calculations and preparations, including dimensional analysis. New features include practice problems, a chapter on drug calculations with drug labels, and a pullout card with basic equivalents, conversion factors, and math formulas. End of chapter reviews encourage reader practice. Details on special population considerations are given in the pediatric and geriatric chapters. This is a great undergraduate resource!

About this edition

• Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0781734681
• ISBN 13: 9780781734684
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 304