Dosage calculations
By: Gloria D. Pickar, EdD, RN, President and Chief Academic Officer, Compass Knowledge Group, Orlando, Florida, Former Academic Dean, Seminole Community College, Sanford, Florida, Amy Pickar Abernethy, Duke University, Beth Swart, Ryerson University, Hope Graham, St. Francis Xavier University, Margaret Swedish, MacEwan University
Edition: Third Canadian edition.
Publisher: Nelson Education
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Toronto, Ontario
Language: eng
Number of pages: 538
ISBN-13: 9780176530808
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Pharmaceutical arithmetic; Textbooks; Arithmétique pharmaceutique; Manuels d'enseignement supérieur
Notes: Includes index.

Revision of: Dosage calculations / Gloria D. Pickar ... [et al.]. -- 2nd Canadian ed. Toronto : Nelson Education, c2012 [i.e. 2011].
Table of contents: title: Section 1. Mathematics review; title: Chapter 1. Fractions and decimals ; Fractions ; Decimals; title: Chapter 2. Ratios and percents ; Ratios ; Percents ; Percent measures; title: Chapter 3. Systems of measurements ; The international system of units ; Alternative systems of measurement ; Special classes of units measurement ; Time and temperature conversions; title: Chapter 4. Calculation methods used in determining drug dosages ; Method 1 : dimensional analysis ; Method 2 : formula ; Method 3 : ratio and proportion.; title: Section 2. Measurement systems, drug orders, and drug labels; title: Chapter 5. Equipment used in dosage measurement ; Oral administration ; Parental admininstration; title: Chapter 6. Interpreting drug orders ; Medical abbreviations ; The drug order ; Computerized medication administration systems; title: Chapter 7. Drug labels; title: Trade and generic names; title: Dosage strength ; Form ; Supply dosage ; Total volume ; Administration route ; Directions for mixing or reconstituting; title: Special instructions; title: Name of manufacturer; title: Expiration date ; Lot of control numbers ; Drug identification number ; Natural product number ; Bar code symbols ; Unit- or single-dose labels ; Combination drugs ; Supply dosage expressed as a ratio or percentage ; Checking labels.; title: Section 3. Drug dosage calculations; title: Chapter 8. Oral dosages of drugs ; Tablets and capsules ; Three-step approach to dosage calculations ; Oral liquids; title: Chapter 9. Parental dosages of drugs ; Injectable solutions ; High-alert parental medications ; Insulin; title: Chapter 10. Reconstitution of solutions ; Solution components ; Reconstitution of injectable medications in powder form ; Types of reconstituted parental solutions ; Reconstituted parental solutions used with various routes ; Reconstitution of noninjectable solutions ; Oral and enteral feedings; title: Chapter 11. Pediatric and adult dosages based on body weight ; Administering medications to children ; Converting pounds to kilograms ; Body weight method for calculating safe pediatric dosages ; Combination drugs ; Adult dosages based on body weight ; Body weight dosage calculation.; title: Section 4. Advanced calculations; title: Chapter 12. Intravenous solutions, equipment, and calculations ; IV solutions ; Calculating components of IV solutions when expressed as a percent ; IV sites ; Monitoring IVs ; Primary and secondary IVs ; Blood administration tubing ; IV flow rate ; Electronically regulated IVs ; Calculating flow rates for infustion pumps in mL/h ; Manually regulating IVs ; Calculating flow rates for manually regulated IVs in gtt/min ; Adjusting IV flow rate ; Intermittent IV infusions ; Calculating infusion time and volume; title: Chapter 13. Body surface area and advanced pediatric calculations ; Body surface area method ; Pediatric volume control sets ; Minimal dilutions for IV medications ; Calculation of daily volume for maintenance fluids; title: Chapter 14. Advanced adult intravenous calculations ; Calculating IV dosages and flow rates using clinical protocols ; Insulin overdose ; Critical care calculations : calculating the rate of an IV medication to be given over a specified time period ; Limiting infusion volumes.; title: Section 4. Self-evaluation; title: Essential skills evaluation; title: Comprehensive skills evaluation; title: Answers; title: Appendix A : Systems of measurement; title: Appendix B : The Aothacary system of measurement; title: Appendix C : Household units; title: Appendix D : Units of measurement for temperature; title: Index.