Boyer, Mary Jo.

Math for nurses : a pocket guide to dosage calculation and drug preparation / Mary Jo Boyer. - 8th ed. - Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2013. - xvi, 400 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.

"A pocket-size laminated insert card: 'Containing approximate system equivalents and conversions formulas...' will be found inside the back cover." Includes index.

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 and intravenous -- Pediatric dosage calculations and intravenous therapy -- Solutions and drug reconstitution.

9781609136802 (alk. paper)

2011030507


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.

RT68 / .B68 2013

615.1/4

QV 735