Henke's med-math : dosage calculation, preparation & administration
Record details
- ISBN: 9781496302847
- ISBN: 1496302842
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Physical Description:
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x, 534 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm - Edition: Eighth edition.
- Publisher: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Heath, [2016]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Arithmetic Needed for Dosage -- Multiplying Whole Numbers -- Dividing Whole Numbers -- Fractions -- Decimals -- Percents -- Fractions, Ratio, and Proportion -- Proficiency Test 1 Arithmetic -- Answers to Self-Tests -- ch. 2 Metric and Household Systems of Measurement -- Metric System -- Household System -- Liquid Measures -- Other Conversions -- Proficiency Test 1 Exercises in Equivalents and Mixed Conversions -- Answers to Self-Tests -- ch. 3 Drug Abbreviations, Labels, and Packaging -- Interpreting the Language of Prescriptions -- Time of Administration of Drugs -- Routes of Administration -- Metric and SI Abbreviations -- Household Abbreviations -- Terms and Abbreviations for Drug Preparations -- Drug Labels -- Drug Packaging -- Equipment to Measure Doses -- Proficiency Test 1 Abbreviations/Military Time -- Proficiency Test 2 Reading Prescriptions/Interpreting Written Prescriptions -- Proficiency Test 3 Labels and Packaging -- Answers to Self-Tests -- ch. 4 Calculation of Oral Medications---Solids and Liquids -- Oral Solids -- Converting Order and Supply to the Same Weight Measure -- Clearing Decimals -- Special Types of Oral Solid Orders -- Oral Liquids -- Special Types of Oral Liquid Orders -- Oral Solid and Liquid Problems Without Written Calculations/"Common Sense" Calculations -- Proficiency Test 1 Calculation of Oral Doses -- Proficiency Test 2 Calculation of Oral Doses -- Proficiency Test 3 Calculation of Oral Doses -- Answers to Self-Tests -- ch. 5 Liquids for Injection -- Syringes and Rounding -- Special Types of Problems in Injections From a Liquid -- Injections From Powders -- Distinctive Features of Injections From Powders -- Where to Find Information About Reconstitution of Powders -- Insulin Injections -- Proficiency Test 1 Calculations of Liquid Injections -- Proficiency Test 2 Calculations of Liquid Injections and Injections From Powders -- Proficiency Test 3 Calculations of Liquid Injections -- Proficiency Test 4 Mental Drill in Liquids-for-Injection Problems -- Answers to Self-Tests -- ch. 6 Calculation of Basic IV Drip Rates -- Types of IV Fluids -- Calculating Basic IV Drip Rates -- Adding Medications to IVs -- Medications for Intermittent IV Administration -- Ambulatory Infusion Device -- Enteral Nutrition -- Proficiency Test 1 Basic IV Problems -- Answers to Self-Tests -- ch. 7 Special Types of IV Calculations -- Amount of Drug in a Solution -- Medications Ordered in units/hour or mg/hour -- Medications Ordered in mcg/minute, mcg/kg/minute, or milliunits/minute---Calculation of Rate -- Body Surface Nomogram -- Patient-Controlled Analgesia -- Heparin and Insulin Protocols -- Proficiency Test 1 Special IV Calculations -- Answers to Self-Tests -- ch. 8 Dosage Problems for Infants and Children -- Dosage Based on mg/kg -- Administering IV Medications -- General Guidelines for Continuous IV Medications -- Proficiency Test 1 Infants and Children Dosage Problems -- Answers to Self-Tests -- ch. 9 Information Basic to Administering Drugs -- Drug Knowledge -- Pharmacokinetics -- Legal Considerations -- Ethical Principles in Drug Administration -- Proficiency Test 1 Basic Drug Information -- Answers to Self-Tests -- ch. 10 Administration Procedures -- Three Checks and Six Rights -- Standard Precautions Applied to Administration of Medications -- Routes of Administration -- Special Considerations -- Proficiency Test 1---Part A, Administration Procedures -- Proficiency Test 1---Part B, Administration Procedures -- Answers to Self-Tests. |
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Subject: | Pharmaceutical arithmetic Pharmaceutical arithmetic Pharmaceutical Preparations -- administration & dosage Drug Dosage Calculations |
Genre: | Nurses' Instruction Programmed Instruction |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at University College of the North Libraries.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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The Pas Campus Library | RS 57 .H46 2016 (Text) | 58500000463844 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |