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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136112403321

Autore

Martinez de Castillo Sandra Luz

Titolo

Calculating drug dosages : a patient-safe approach to nursing and math / / Sandra Luz Martinez de Castillo, Maryanne Werner-McCullough

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : F. A. Davis Company, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

0-8036-4479-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (564 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Disciplina

615.1/401513

Soggetti

Mathematics

Pharmaceutical Preparations - Administration & dosage

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.