Clinical calculations : with applications to general and specialty areas /
Joyce LeFever Kee and Sally M. Marshall
- St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier Saunders, c2004.
- vii, 368 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Basic math review -- Systems, conversion, and methods of drug calculation -- Systems used for drug administration -- Conversion within the metric, apothecary, and household systems -- Interpretation of drug labels, drug orders, bar codes, charting, "5 rights," and abbreviations -- Alternative methods for drug administration -- Methods of calculation -- Methods of calculation for individualized drug dosing -- Calculations for oral, injectable, and intravenous drugs -- Oral and enteral preparations with clinical applications -- Injectable preparations with clinical applications -- Intravenous preparations with clinical applications -- Calculations for specialty areas -- Pediatrics -- Critical care -- Pediatric clinical care -- Labor and delivery -- Community -- Post-test: oral preparations, injectables, intravenous, and pediatrics
The only text to cover all four major drug calculation methods.