with applications to general and specialty areas Kee, Joyce LeFever creator Creator Marshall, Sally M. Creator Woods, Katy Creator Forrester, Mary Catherine Creator text bibliography Nurses Instruction. Nurses' Instruction mou 2017 Eighth edition monographic eng

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xvi, 393 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm "Clinical Calculations: With Applications to General and Specialty Areas, 8th Edition covers all four major drug calculation methods -- ratio & proportion, formula, fractional equation, and dimensional analysis. It also includes practice problems not only for general care but also for specialty areas such as pediatrics and critical care. A new chapter covers insulin administration, and concise, illustrated information includes the latest medications, drug administration techniques, and devices. Written by a team of experts led by Joyce Kee, Clinical Calculations makes it easy to understand drug calculation and emphasizes patient safety above all else."--Publisher's website Systems used for drug administration -- Conversion within the metric, apothecary, and household systems -- Interpretation of drug labels, drug orders, bar codes, MAR and eMAR, automation of medication dispensing administration, and abbreviations -- Prevention of medication errors -- Alternative methods for drug administration -- Methods of calculation -- Methods of calculation for individualized drug dosing -- Oral and enteral preparations with clinical applications -- Injectable preparations with clinical applications -- Insulin administration -- Intravenous preparations with clinical applications -- Pediatrics -- Critical care -- Pediatric critical care -- Labor and delivery -- Community Joyce LeFever Kee, RN, MS, Associate Professor Emerita, College of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, Sally M. Marshall, RN, MSN, Formerly, Nursing Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Regional Office of Medical Center, Wilmington, Delaware, Katy Woods, RN, BSN, DNP-C, Nurse Anesthesia Specialty, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, Mary Catherine (Katie) Forrester, RN, MSN, ACNP-BC, Vanderbilt University Hospital Trauma and Burn Center, Nashville, Tennessee Includes bibliographical references and index Pharmaceutical arithmetic Nursing Mathematics Drug Dosage Calculations Pharmaceutical Preparations administration & dosage RS57 .K44 2017 615.1/4 2016 C-241 QV 748 QV 748 K26c 2016 9780323390880 2015046362 151124 20250730074158.0 930496903