Buchholz, Susan,

Henke's med-math : dosage calculation, preparation & administration / Med-math Susan Buchholz, Grace Henke. - 6th ed. - Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2009. - xiv, 513 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) + 1 card of conversions and formulas.

Arithmetic needed for dosage -- Interpreting the language of prescriptions -- Metric, apothecary, and household systems of measurement -- Drug labels and packaging -- Drug preparations and equipment to measure doses -- Calculation of oral medications : solids and liquids -- Liquids for injection -- Calculation of basic IV drip rates -- Special types of intravenous calculations -- Dosage problems for infants and children -- Dimensional analysis -- Information basic to administering drugs -- Administration procedures.


System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM : Windows or Macintosh.

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2008024079

101475343 DNLM


Pharmaceutical arithmetic.
Pharmaceutical Preparations--administration & dosage--Nurses' Instruction.
Pharmaceutical Preparations--administration & dosage--Programmed Instruction.
Drug Dosage Calculations--Nurses' Instruction.
Drug Dosage Calculations--Programmed Instruction.

RS57 / .H46 2009

615.14

2008 L-762 QV 18.2 / B919h 2009