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Martinez de Castillo, Sandra Luz,

Calculating drug dosages : a patient-safe approach to nursing and math / Sandra Luz Martinez de Castillo, Maryanne Werner-McCullough. - xvi, 545 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.

Safety in medication administration -- The drug label -- The metric system -- The household system -- Linear ratio and proportion -- Fractional ratio and proportion -- Dimensional analysis -- The formula method -- Calculating oral medication doses -- Syringes and needles -- Calculating parenteral medication doses -- Preparing powdered parenteral medications -- Administering insulin -- Intravenous therapy and infusion rates -- Calculating infusion and completion time -- Administering direct iv medications -- Verifying safe dose -- Titration of intravenous medications -- Calculating intake and output -- Parenteral intake -- Considerations for the pediatric population -- Considerations for the older adult population.

ISBN: 9780803624962 (pbk)

LCCN: 2015039660

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Pharmaceutical Preparations--administration & dosage--Nurses' Instruction.
Mathematics--Nurses' Instruction.

LC Class. No.: RS57 / .M337 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 615.1/401513

National Library of Medicine Call No.: QV 748