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Author:

Boyer, Mary Jo.

Title:

Math for nurses : a pocket guide to dosage calculation and drug preparation / Mary Jo Boyer.

Edition:

8th ed.

Publisher:

Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

xvi, 400 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.

Subject:

Nursing--Mathematics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Pharmaceutical arithmetic--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Pharmaceutical Preparations--administration & dosage--Handbooks.
Pharmaceutical Preparations--administration & dosage--Nurses' Instruction.
Dosage Forms--Handbooks.
Dosage Forms--Nurses' Instruction.
Drug Dosage Calculations--Handbooks.
Drug Dosage Calculations--Nurses' Instruction.
Mathematics--Handbooks.
Mathematics--Nurses' Instruction.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Preassessment test : mathematics skills review -- Fractions -- Decimals -- Percents, ratio, and proportion -- The metric, household, and apothecary systems of measurement -- Approximate equivalents and system conversions -- Medication labels -- Oral dosage calculations -- Parenteral dosage calculations -- Intravenous therapy -- Intravenous therapies : critical care applications -- Insulin -- Heparin preparation and dosage calculations : subcutaneous -- Pediatric dosage calculations and intravenous therapy -- Solutions and drug reconstitution.

ISBN:

1609136802 (alk. paper)
9781609136802 (alk. paper):

OCLC:

(OCoLC)743275865

LCCN:

2011030507

Locations:

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)