Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Now in its Sixth Edition with a vivid new full-color design, this pocket guide is a compact, portable, easy-to-use reference for dosage calculation and drug administration. The author uses a step-by-step approach with frequent examples to illustrate problem-solving and practical applications. Coverage includes review of mathematics, measurement systems, and a comprehensive section on dosage calculations.
This edition features a new chapter on pediatric dosages. New Critical Thinking Checks and practice problems throughout the text, and end-of-chapter and end-of-unit review questions, will aid students' application and recall of material. A handy pull-out card contains basic equivalents, conversion factors, and math formulas.
Table of Contents
Unit I: Basic Mathematics Review and Refresher
- Pre-assessment Test: Mathematics Skills Review
- Common Fractions
- Decimal Fractions and Decimal Whole Numbers
- Percent, Ratio, and Proportion
End of Unit Review
Unit II: Measurement Systems
- The Metric System/International System of Units/SI
- The Apothecary System
- Household Measurements
- Approximate Equivalents and System Conversions
End of Unit Review
Unit III: Dosage Calculations
- Medication Labels
- Oral Dosage Calculations
- Parenteral Dosage Calculations
- Intravenous Therapies
- Intravenous Therapies: Critical Care Applications
- Drugs Measured in USP Units
- Pediatric Dosage Calculations and Intravenous Therapy
- Solutions
End of Unit Review
Answers
Appendices