Math for nurses
Subtitle: a pocket guide to dosage calculation and drug preparation
Edition: 8th ed.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa.
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9781609136802
Copyright date: 2013
Table of contents: title: Unit 1 : Basic mathematics review and refresher.; title: Preassessment test : mathematics skills review; title: Fractions; title: Decimals; title: Percents, ratio, and proportion; title: Unit 2 : Measurement systems.; title: The metric, household, and apothecary systems of measurement; title: Approximate equivalents and system conversions; title: Unit 3 : Dosage calculations.; title: Medication labels; title: Oral dosage calculations; title: Parenteral dosage calculations; title: Intravenous therapy; title: Intravenous therapies : critical care applications; title: Insulin; title: Heparin preparation and dosage calculations : subcutaneous and intravenous; title: Pediatric dosage calculations and intravenous therapy; title: Solutions and drug reconstitution; title: Answers; title: Appendices.; title: Roman numerals; title: Rounding off decimals; title: Abbreviations for drug preparation and administration; title: Intradermal injections; title: Subcutaneous injections; title: Intramuscular injections; title: Z-track injections; title: Pediatric intramuscular injections; title: Nursing concerns for pediatric drug administration; title: Nursing considerations for critical care drug administration