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Drug calculations for nurses : a step-by-step approach / Robert Lapham, Heather Agar.

By: Lapham, RobertContributor(s): Agar, HeatherMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: London : Hodder Arnold, 2009Edition: 3rd editionDescription: xviii, 256 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN: 9780340987339 (pbk.) :; 0340987332 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Pharmaceutical arithmetic -- Problems, exercises, etc | Nursing -- Mathematics -- Problems, exercises, etcDDC classification: 615.1'4
Contents:
Pre-test - First principles - Mathematics: Basics; Per cent and percentages; Unites and equivalences; Drug strengths or concentrations - Performing calculations: Dosage calculations; Moles and millimoles; Infusion rate calculations - Administering medicines: Action and administration medicines; Infusion devices; Children and medicines; The elderly and medicines; Sources and interpretation of drug information - Revision test.
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.
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Previous ed.: London: Arnold, 2003.

Includes index.

Pre-test - First principles - Mathematics: Basics; Per cent and percentages; Unites and equivalences; Drug strengths or concentrations - Performing calculations: Dosage calculations; Moles and millimoles; Infusion rate calculations - Administering medicines: Action and administration medicines; Infusion devices; Children and medicines; The elderly and medicines; Sources and interpretation of drug information - Revision test.

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.

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