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.