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Calculation of Drug Dosages
A Work Text
- 12th Edition - November 23, 2021
- Authors: Sheila J. Ogden, Linda Fluharty
- Language: English
- formats.LooseLeaf ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 3 0 8 6 - 7
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 2 6 2 2 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 3 0 8 9 - 8
Learn to calculate drug dosages accurately with this practical workbook-textbook! Calculation of Drug Dosages: A Work Text, 12th Edition makes it easy to understand and master th… Read more
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Request a sales quoteLearn to calculate drug dosages accurately with this practical workbook-textbook! Calculation of Drug Dosages: A Work Text, 12th Edition makes it easy to understand and master the three major methods of dosage calculation — ratio and proportion, formula, and dimensional analysis. A basic review of mathematics refreshes your math skills, and practice problems, worksheets, and practice tests help you gain confidence in making drug calculations. New to this edition are Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) practice problems preparing you for the critical thinking questions on the NGN exam. Written by nursing experts Sheila Ogden and Linda Fluharty, this worktext is ideal for nursing students and for nurses returning to practice!
- Learning objectives keep you focused and explain what you should accomplish upon the completion of each chapter.
- Logical structure organizes the material from simple to complex, making it easier to build upon and retain knowledge.
- Extensive math review covers the basic math skills essential for accurate calculation of drug dosages and helps you identify your strengths and weaknesses.
- Chapter worksheets allow you to practice solving realistic problems.
- Post-tests at the end of each chapter allow you to assess your understanding of content.
- Alert boxes highlight information crucial to math calculation and patient safety.
- Comprehensive post-test at the end of the book offers additional practice and measures your overall understanding.
- 40 flash cards on the Evolve website make it easy to study and review abbreviations, formulas, and conversions from the book.
Students in undergraduate nursing programs (ADN and BSN)
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENT AND MATH REVIEWERS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- PREFACE TO INSTRUCTORS
- PREFACE TO STUDENTS
- USING THIS WORK TEXT
- List of Tables
- List of Illustrations
- PART ONE: Review of Mathematics
- Chapter 1: REVIEW of MATHEMATICS
- Chapter 2: Review of Mathematics
- Chapter 3: Fractions
- Chapter 4: Fractions
- Chapter 5: Decimals PRETEST
- Chapter 6: Decimals
- Chapter 7: Percents PRETEST
- Chapter 8: Percents
- Chapter 9: Ratios PRETEST
- Chapter 10: Ratios
- Chapter 11: Proportions PRETEST
- Chapter 12: Proportions
- PART TWO: Units and Measurements for the Calculation of Drug Dosages
- Chapter 13: UNITS and MEASUREMENTS for the CALCULATION of DRUG DOSAGES
- Chapter 14: Metric and Household Measurements PRETEST
- Chapter 15: Metric and Household Measurements
- Chapter 16: Calculations Used in Patient Assessments PRETEST
- Chapter 17: Calculations Used in Patient Assessments
- PART THREE: Preparation for Calculation of Drug Dosages
- Chapter 18: Safety in Medication Administration
- Chapter 19: Interpretation of the Licensed Prescriber’s Orders
- Chapter 20: Reading Medication Labels
- PART FOUR: Calculation of Drug Dosages
- Chapter 21: Oral Dosages
- Chapter 22: Parenteral Dosages
- Chapter 23: Dosages Measured in Units
- Chapter 24: Reconstitution of Medications
- Chapter 25: Intravenous Flow Rates
- Chapter 26: Intravenous Flow Rates for Dosages Measured in Units
- Chapter 27: Critical Care Intravenous Flow Rates
- Chapter 28: Pediatric Dosages
- Chapter 29: Obstetric Dosages
- COMPREHENSIVE POSTTEST
- Glossary
- Apothecary System of Measure
- INDEX
- No. of pages: 656
- Language: English
- Edition: 12
- Published: November 23, 2021
- Imprint: Mosby
- formats.LooseLeaf ISBN: 9780323830867
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323826228
- eBook ISBN: 9780323830898
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Sheila J. Ogden
Affiliations and expertise
Formerly Director, Orthopaedic Service Line Clarian Health Partners Indianapolis, IndianaLF
Linda Fluharty
Affiliations and expertise
ssociate Professor
School of Health Sciences
Nursing Program
Ivy Tech Community College
Indianapolis, Indiana