TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kee,Joyce LeFever
AU  - Marshall, Sally M.
AU  - Woods, Kathryn.
AU  - Forrester, Mary Catherine,
TI  - Clinical calculations: with applications to general and specialty areas 
SN  - 9780323809832
AV  - RS57 .K44 2023
U1  - 615.1/4 23
PY  - 2023///]
CY  - St. Louis, Missouri
PB  - Elsevier Inc.
KW  - Drug Dosage Calculations
KW  - Pharmaceutical Preparations
KW  - administration & dosage
KW  - Nurses' Instruction
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I: Basic Math Review -- Part II: Systems, Conversion, and Methods of Drug Calculation -- 1: Systems Used for Drug Administration -- 2: Conversion Within the Metric, Apothecary, and Household Systems -- 3: Interpretation of Drug Labels, Drug Orders, Bar Codes, MAR and eMAR, Automation of Medication Dispensing, and Abbreviations -- 4: Prevention of Medication Errors -- 5: Alternative Methods for Drug Administration -- 6: Methods of Calculation -- 7: Methods of Calculation for Individualized Drug Dosing -- Part III: Calculations of Oral, Injectable, and Intravenous Drugs -- 8: Oral and Enteral Preparations with Clinical Applications -- 9: Injectable Preparations with Clinical Applications -- 10: Insulin Administration -- 11: Intravenous Preparations with Clinical Applications -- Part IV: Calculations for Specialty Areas -- 12: Pediatrics -- 13: Critical Care -- 14: Pediatric Critical Care -- 15: Labor and Delivery -- 16: Community -- Part V: Post-Test: Oral Preparations, Injectables, Intravenous, and Pediatrics -- Appendix A: Guidelines for Administration -- Appendix B: Nomograms: Child and Adult -- References -- Index
N2  - Learn the most common methods of drug calculation, and use the one that is right for you! Clinical Calculations: With Applications to General and Specialty Areas, 10th Edition helps you learn to calculate drug dosages accurately. It covers the four major drug calculation methods — basic formula, ratio and proportion, fractional equation, and dimensional analysis — plus body weight and body surface area. It also includes practice problems not only for general care but also for specialty areas such as pediatrics and critical care. Written by a team of experts, this market-leading text shows how drug calculation and drug administration are related and emphasizes patient safety above all else
ER  -