New July 2010.

Supporting nursing program.

Includes CD-ROM.

Includes index.

Arithmetic needed for dosage -- Multiplying whole numbers -- Dividing whole numbers -- Fractions -- Decimals -- Percents -- Fractions, ratio, and proportion -- Answers to self test -- Interpreting the language of prescriptions -- Time of administration of drugs -- Routes of administration -- Metric and SI abbreviations -- Apothecary abbreviations -- Household abbreviations -- Terms and abbreviations for drug preparatons -- Proficiency test 1 -- Proficiency test 2 -- Proficiency test 3 -- Answers to self tests --- Metric system of measurement -- Solid measures in the metric system -- Liquid measures in the metric system -- Proficiency test 1 -- Answers to self test -- Drug labels and packaging -- Drug labels -- Drug packaging -- Proficiency test 1 -- Proficiency test 2 -- Answers to self tests -- Drug preparations and equipment to measure doses -- Drug preparations -- Equipment to measure doses -- Proficiency test 1 -- Answers to self test -- Calculation of oral medications--solids and liquids -- Proportions expressed as two fractions -- Proportions expressed as two ratios -- Formula method -- Oral solids -- Oral solid and liquid problems without written calculations -- Putting it together -- Proficiency test 1 -- Proficiency test 2 -- Proficiency test 3 -- Answers to self tests -- Liquids for injection -- Calculating injection problems -- Special types of problems in injections from a liquid -- Insulin injections -- Injections from powders -- Critical thinking: test your clinical savvy -- Putting it together -- Proficiency test 1 -- Proficiency test 2 -- Proficiency test 3 -- Proficiency test 4 -- Proficiency test 5 -- Answers to self tests -- Calculation of basic IV drip rates -- Types of intravenous fluids -- Kinds of intravenous drip factors -- Calculating basic IV drip rates -- Adding medicatons to IV's -- Medications for intermittent IV administration -- Ambulatory infusion device -- Enteral nutrition -- Putting it together -- Proficiency test 1 -- Answers to self test -- Special types of intravenous calculations -- Amount of drug in a solution -- Medications ordered in units/hr or mg/hr -- Medications ordered in mcg/min, mcg/kg/min, or milliunits/min -- Body surface nomogram --- Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) -- Heparin and insulin protocols -- Critical thinking: test your clinical savvy -- Putting it together -- Proficiency test 1 -- Answers to self test -- Dosage problems for infants and children -- Dosage based on mg/kg and body surface area -- Administering intravenous medications -- General guidelines for continuous IV medications -- Critical thinking: test your clinical savvy -- Putting it together -- Proficiency test 1 -- Answers to self test -- Dimensional analysis -- Oral solid medication equation and calculation -- Oral liquid medication equation and calculation -- Parenteral liquid medication equation and calculation -- Insulin equation and calculation -- Dimensional analysis method with equivalency conversions -- Dimensional analysis method with weight-based calculations -- Dimensional analysis method with reconstitution of medications -- Dimensional analysis method with calculation of intravenous fluids -- Dimensional analysis method with advanced intravenous calculations -- Heparin and insulin intravenous calculations -- Proficiency test 1 -- Answers to self test -- Information basic to administering drugs -- Drug knowledge -- Pharmacokinetics -- Legal considerations -- Ethical values in drug administration -- Specific points in giving medications safely -- Critical thinking: test your clinical savvy -- Proficiency test 1 -- Answers to self test -- Administration procedures -- Standard precautions applied to administration of medications -- Systems of administration -- Routes of administration -- Special considerations -- Critical thinking: test your clinical savvy -- Proficiency test 1 -- Proficiency test 1 -- Answers to self tests -- Appendix A: Proficiency test answers -- Appendix B: Putting it together answers -- Glossary -- Index.