The fun, fast, and easy way to learn basic math skills and how to accurately calculate dosages
Calculating the correct dose to administer to the patient can be very challenging – unless you follow the proven approach taught in Dosage Calculations and Basic Math for Nurses Demystified. Topics are presented in the in the order in which many nurses and nursing students need to learn them – starting with the basics and then gradually moving on the techniques used in our nation’s leading medical facilities. The 2nd Edition also includes 4 new chapters covering basic math skills essential for daily nursing practice, including equations, percentages, proportions, decimals, and fractions.
Written by a graduate nurse and top instructor, Dosage Calculations and Basic Math for Nurses Demystified consists of chapters that follow a time-tested formula that first explains techniques in an easy-to-understand style and then shows you how you can use it in a real-world healthcare environment. Hundreds of examples help you absorb the material, and NCLEX®-style practice questions reinforce learning.
This self-teaching guide offers:
Simple enough for a beginner, but challenging enough for an advance student, Dosage Calculations and Basic Math for Nurses Demystified is your key to learning these essential nursing skills.
Author | KEOGH |
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Table Of Content | Part I: Dosage Calculations Chapter 1: Medication Order and Medication Chapter 2: The Formula Method Chapter 3: The Ratio-Proportion Method Chapter 4: Intravenous Calculations Chapter 5: Calculating Pediatric Doses Chapter 6: Calculating Heparin Dose Chapter 7: Calculating Dopamine Dose Chapter 8: Calculating Dose for Children Using Body Surface Area Chapter 9: Enteral Tube Feeding Part 2: Basic Math Skills Chapter 10: Positive and Negative Numbers Chapter 11: Fractions, Decimals, and Percentage Chapter 12: Radios and Proportions Chapter 13: Equations Appendix A: Answering Tricky Questions Appendix B: Quick Reference Final Exam -- Part 1 Final Exam -- Part 2 Final Exam -- Part 3 Index |
Publish Date | 17 Apr 2015 |