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ISBN 10: 1305446014
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Author: Gloria Pickar, Amy Pickar Abernethy
An excellent resource for anyone in or entering the field, market-leading DOSAGE CALCULATIONS: A RATIO-PROPORTION APPROACH, fourth edition, teaches users how to reduce errors while building their confidence in dosage calculation. Extremely reader friendly, the text includes a comprehensive math review, full-color drug labels, and numerous critical thinking assessments. It carefully examines both basic and advanced calculations, including intravenous medications and those specific to the pediatric patient. Reducing the math anxiety that many readers have, the text’s unique three-step method of calculating dosages-Convert, Think, Calculate-trains students to approach calculations logically and with a decreased risk of medication errors. The fourth edition reflects the most current drugs and protocol, regulations on medication abbreviations, medication administration technologies, and safe medication practices. Clinical simulations and Clinical Reasoning Skills scenarios based on QSEN principles help students develop clinical reasoning skills, while Section Examinations include test items formatted like graduate licensure examinations.
Dosage Calculations A Ratio Proportion Approach 4th Table of contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction to the Learner
Using This Book
Section 1: Pretest and Mathematics Review
Essential Skills Evaluation: Pretest
Essential Skills Evaluation: Pretest Answer Sheet
Mathematics Diagnostic Evaluation
Ch 1: Fractions and Decimals
Ch 1: Objectives
Ch 1: Introduction
Fractions
Decimals
Practice Problems—Chapter 1
Ch 2: Ratios, Percents, Simple Equations, and Ratio-Proportion
Ch 2: Objectives
Ch 2: Introduction
Ratios and Percents
Solving Simple Equations for X
Ratio-Proportion: Cross-Multiplying to Solve for X
Finding the Percentage of a Quantity
Practice Problems—Chapter 2
Section 1: Self-Evaluation
Section 2: Measurement Systems, Drug Orders, and Drug Labels
Ch 3: Systems of Measurement
Ch 3: Objectives
Ch 3: Introduction
Metric System
Apothecary and Household Systems
Other Common Drug Measurements: Units and Milliequivalents
Practice Problems—Chapter 3
Ch 4: Conversions: Metric and Household Systems
Ch 4: Objectives
Ch 4: Introduction
Identifying Need for Unit Conversion
Converting From One Unit to Another Using Ratio-Proportion
Converting Within the Metric System
Approximate Equivalents
Converting Between Systems of Measurement
Practice Problems—Chapter 4
Ch 5: Conversions for Other Clinical Applications: Time and Temperature
Ch 5: Objectives
Ch 5: Introduction
Converting Between Traditional and International Time
Converting Between Celsius and Fahrenheit Temperatures
Practice Problems—Chapter 5
Ch 6: Equipment Used in Dosage Measurement
Ch 6: Objectives
Ch 6: Introduction
Oral Administration
Parenteral Administration
Practice Problems—Chapter 6
Ch 7: Interpreting Drug Orders
Ch 7: Objectives
Ch 7: Introduction
Medical Abbreviations
The Drug Order
Medication Order and Administration Forms
Computerized Medication Administration Systems
Practice Problems—Chapter 7
Ch 8: Understanding Drug Labels
Ch 8: Objectives
Ch 8: Introduction
Brand and Generic Names
Dosage Strength
Form
Supply Dosage
Total Volume
Administration Route
Directions for Mixing or Reconstituting
Label Alerts
Name of the Manufacturer
Expiration Date
Lot or Control Numbers
National Drug Code (NDC)
Controlled Substance Schedule
Barcode Symbols
United States Pharmacopeia (USP) and National Formulary (NF)
Unit- or Single-Dose Labels
Combination Drugs
Supply Dosage Expressed as a Ratio or Percent
Checking Labels
Practice Problems—Chapter 8
Ch 9: Preventing Medication Errors
Ch 9: Objectives
Ch 9: Introduction
Prescription
Transcription
Safe Medication Administration
The Nurse’s Critical Role in Medication Error Prevention
Practice Problems—Chapter 9
Section 2 Self-Evaluation
Section 3: Drug Dosage Calculations
Ch 10: Oral Dosage of Drugs
Ch 10: Objectives
Ch 10: Introduction
Tablets and Capsules
Three-Step Approach to Dosage Calculations
Oral Liquids
Practice Problems—Chapter 10
Ch 11: Parenteral Dosage of Drugs
Ch 11: Objectives
Ch 11: Introduction
Injectable Solutions
High-Alert Parenteral Medications
Practice Problems—Chapter 11
Ch 12: Reconstitution of Solutions
Ch 12: Objectives
Ch 12: Introduction
Solution Properties
Reconstitution of Injectable Medications in Powder Form
Types of Reconstituted Parenteral Solutions
Reconstituted Parenteral Solutions With Various Routes
Drugs With Different IM and IV Reconstitution Instructions
Reconstitution of Noninjectable Solutions
Topical Solutions and Irrigants
Oral and Enteral Feedings
Practice Problems—Chapter 12
Ch 13: Pediatric and Adult Dosages Based on Body Weight
Ch 13: Objectives
Ch 13: Introduction
Administering Medications to Children
Converting Pounds to Kilograms
Body Weight Method for Calculating Safe Pediatric Dosage
Combination Drugs
Adult Dosages Based on Body Weight
Practice Problems—Chapter 13
Ch 14: Alternative Dosage Calculation Methods: Formula and Dimensional Analysis
Ch 14: Objectives
Ch 14: Introduction
Converting Using the Conversion Factor Method
Using the Formula Method to Calculate Dosages
Using Dimensional Analysis to Calculate Dosages
Section 3 Self-Evaluation
Section 4: Advanced Calculations
Ch 15: Intravenous Solutions, Equipment, and Calculations
Ch 15: Objectives
Ch 15: Introduction
IV Solutions
Calculating Components of IV Solutions When Expressed as a Percent
IV Sites
Monitoring IVs
Primary and Secondary IVs
Blood-Administration Tubing
IV Flow Rate
Electronically Regulated IVs
Calculating Flow Rates for Infusion Pumps in mL/h
Manually Regulated IVs
Calculating Flow Rates for Manually-Regulated IVs IN gtt/min
Calculating Flow Rates for Manually-Regulated IVs Using a Dial-Flow Controller
Adjusting IV Flow Rate
Intermittent IV Infusions
Calculating IV Infusion Time and Volume
Practice Problems—Chapter 15
Ch 16: Body Surface Area and Advanced Pediatric Calculations
Ch 16: Objectives
Ch 16: Introduction
Body Surface Area Method
BSA Dosage Calculations
Pediatric Volume-Control Sets
Minimal Dilutions for IV Medications
Calculation of Daily Volume for Maintenance Fluids
Practice Problems—Chapter 16
Ch 17: Advanced Adult Intravenous Calculations
Ch 17: Objectives
Ch 17: Introduction
Calculating IV Dosages and Flow Rates Using Clinical Protocols
Critical Care IV Calculations: Calculating Flow Rate of an IV Medication to Be Given Over a Specifie
IV Medication Ordered Per Kilogram Per Minute
Limiting Infusion Volumes
Practice Problems—Chapter 17
Section 4 Self-Evaluation
Essential Skills Evaluation: Posttest
Comprehensive Skills Evaluation
Answers
Appendix A: Study Guide
Appendix B: Apothecary System
Index
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