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DRUG CALCULATIONS
Drug Calculations
Process and Problems for Clinical Practice
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Eighth Edition

By
Meta Brown, RN, Med, Retired Colonel, U.S. Army Field Hospital; Nursing Education Consultant; Former Director, Division of Nursing, Gateway Community College, Phoenix, AZ
Joyce Mulholland, APRN, BC, MA, MS, Nursing Education Consultant, Tucson, AZ

Description
This popular worktext provides all the information, explanation, and practice you need to competently and confidently calculate drug dosages using the ratio and proportion method. Full-color chapters present material from simple to complex, following a step-by-step format for each problem. The answer key includes a unique "proof" step, ensuring that you understand each calculation and can easily double-check your answers.

Contents
General Mathematics Self-Assessment

1. General Mathematics

2. Ratio and Proportion

3. Safe Medication Administration

4. Drug Measurements and Dose Calculations

5. Medications from Powders and Crystals: Oral and Intramuscular

6. Basic Intravenous Calculations

7. Advanced Intravenous Calculations

8. Parenteral Nutrition

9. Insulin

10. Anticoagulants

11. Children's Dosages

12. Dimensional Analysis

Multiple-Choice Final

Comprehensive Final

Answer Key

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 512 pages, publication date: OCT-2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-04576-6
ISBN-10: 0-323-04576-6
Imprint: MOSBY


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