| Edition |
3rd ed. |
| Description |
xviii, 246 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. |
| Note |
Previous ed.: London: Arnold, 2003. |
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Includes index. |
| Summary |
This handy, introductory guide will enable nurses to perform drug calculations both confidently and competently. It includes worked examples, detailed explanations and graded exercises to promote easy learning. |
| Contents |
pt. i. Mathematics. Basics -- Per cent and percentages -- Units and equivalences -- Drug strengths or concentrations -- pt. ii. Performing calculations. Dosage calculations -- Moles and millimoles -- Infusion rate calculations -- pt. iii. Administering medicines. Action and administration medicines -- Infusion devices -- Children and medicines -- The elderly and medicines -- Sources and interpretation of drug information -- Revision test -- Answers to problems set in chapters -- Appendices. Body surfaces area (BSA) estimates ; Weight conversion tables ; Height conversion tables ; Calculations of body mass index (BMI) ; Estimation of renal function ; Abbreviations used in prescriptions. |
| Subject |
Pharmaceutical arithmetic -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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Nursing -- Mathematics -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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| Added Author |
Agar, Heather.
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| ISBN |
9780340987339 (pbk.) |
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0340987332 (pbk.) |
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