Overview
This text's step-by-step approach makes every reader a quick study! Practical and highly visual, this workbook-style text reviews basic math skills, and teaches dosage measurement systems, calculating dosages, and principles of drug administration. The text offers a choice between two calculating methods: Desired over Have, and Ratio and Proportion; and covers all forms of drug calculation problems, including oral, injections (from liquids and powders), IV drips and piggyback intermittent infusions. One complete chapter is offered on dosage problems for infants and children. New in this edition: new drug labels throughout; expanded IV content for basic and advanced; expanded glossary; and body surface area monograms for children and adults. Helpful pedagogy includes Content to Master boxes; exercises, self-tests and proficiency tests; end-of-chapter answer keys; and much more.The book contains predominantly black-and-white illustrations, with some two-color illustrations.
Practical and highly visual, this workbook-style text reviews basic math skills, and teaches dosage measurement systems, calculating dosages, and principles of drug administration. The text offers a choice between two calculating methods: Desired over Have, and Ratio and Proportion; and covers all forms of drug calculation problems, including oral, injections (from liquids and powders), IV drips and piggyback intermittent infusions. One complete chapter is offered on dosage problems for infants and children. New in this edition: new drug labels throughout; expanded IV content for basic and advanced; expanded glossary; and body surface area monograms for children and adults. Helpful pedagogy includes Content to Master boxes; exercises, self-tests and proficiency tests; end-of-chapter answer keys; and much more.