A nurse's guide to dosage calculation : giving medications safely /

Niblett, Vicki.

A nurse's guide to dosage calculation : giving medications safely / Vicki Niblett. - Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2006. - xxi, 311 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Includes index.

Basic math review -- Calculations used in determining drug doses -- Abbreviations -- Systems of measurement -- Components of a doctor's order -- Interpreting drug labels -- Medication systems -- Oral medications -- Parenteral medications -- Preparation of oral medications for administration -- Preparation of injections for administration -- Intravenous therapy -- Intravenous medications -- Preparation and administration of insulin -- Anticoagulant therapy -- Paediatric calculations -- Administration of blood and blood products -- Parenteral nutrition.

078175853X (alk. paper)

2005021822

101253791 DNLM


Pharmaceutical arithmetic.
Nursing--Mathematics.
Pharmaceutical Preparations--administration & dosage--Nurses' Instruction.
Drug Administration Routes--Nurses' Instruction.

RS57 .N57 2006
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