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