Dosage Calculations: A Multi-Method Approach, 2nd edition

Published by Pearson (September 18, 2020) © 2018

  • Anthony Giangrasso La Guardia Community College
  • Dolores Shrimpton

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ISBN-13: 9780136873136 (2020 update)
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Dosage Calculations helps you develop the dosage calculation skills you'll need to administer medications safely and accurately in clinical settings.

PART 1: BASIC CALCULATION SKILLS AND INTRODUCTION TO MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
1. Review of Arithmetic for Dosage Calculations
2. Safe and Accurate Medication Administration
3. Dimensional Analysis and Ratio & Proportion

PART 2: SYSTEMS OF MEASUREMENT
4. The Household and Metric Systems
5. Converting from One System of Measurement to Another

PART 3: ORAL AND PARENTERAL MEDICATIONS
6. Oral Medications
7. Syringes
8. Solutions
9. Parenteral Medications

PART 4: INFUSIONS AND PEDIATRIC DOSAGES
10. Flow Rates and Durations of Enteral and Intravenous Infusions
11. Flow Rates and Dosage Rates for Intravenous Medications
12. Pediatric Dosages

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