A nurse's guide to dosage calculation
Subtitle: giving medications safely
By: Vicki Niblett.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
Subjects: Pharmaceutical arithmetic; Nursing -- Mathematics; Pharmaceutical Preparations -- administration & dosage -- Nurses' Instruction; Drug Administration Routes -- Nurses' Instruction
Genres: Nurses' Instruction
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Basic math review; title: Calculations used in determining drug doses; title: Abbreviations; title: Systems of measurement; title: Components of a doctor's order; title: Interpreting drug labels; title: Medication systems; title: Oral medications; title: Parenteral medications; title: Preparation of oral medications for administration; title: Preparation of injections for administration; title: Intravenous therapy; title: Intravenous medications; title: Preparation and administration of insulin; title: Anticoagulant therapy; title: Paediatric calculations; title: Administration of blood and blood products; title: Parenteral nutrition.