Ratio-proportion dosage calculations (1st ed )
Auteurs : GIANGRASSO Anthony Patrick, SHRIMPTON Dolores
Ratio & Proportion Dosage Calculations provides the ease of learning the ratio and proportion method of calculation with a building block approach of the basics. Its consistent focus on safety, accuracy, and professionalism make it a valuable reference for nurses and other allied health professionals. This book uses the Ratio and Proportion method for drug calculations a time-tested approach based on simple mathematical concepts. It helps the reader develop a 'number sense', and largely frees the healthcare professional from the need to memorize formulas.
Unit 1 : Basic Calculation Skills and Introduction to Medical Administration
CHAPTER 1 Review of Arithmetic for Medical Dosage Calculations
Diagnostic Test of Arithmetic
Changing Decimal Numbers and Whole Numbers to Fractions
Calculator
Ratios
Changing Fractions to Decimal Numbers
Rounding Decimal Numbers
Rounding Off
Rounding Down
Adding Decimal Numbers
Subtracting Decimal Numbers
Multiplying Decimal Numbers
Dividing Decimal Numbers
Estimating Answers
Multiplying Fractions
Dividing Fractions
Complex Fractions
Addition and Subtraction of Fractions
Same Denominators
Different Denominators
Percentages
Percent of Change
Practice Sets
CHAPTER 2 Safe and Accurate Drug Administration
The Drug Administration Process
Six Rights of Medication Administration
The Right Drug
The Right Dose
The Right Route
The Right Time
The Right Patient
The Right Documentation
Drug Prescriptions
Medication Orders
Types of Medication Orders
Components of a Medication Order
Medication Administration Records
Technology in the Medication Administration Process
Drug Labels
Combination Drugs
Drug Package Inserts
Controlled Substances
Practice Sets
CHAPTER 3 Ratio and Proportion
Ratios
Rates
Proportions
The Mathematics Needed to Solve Proportions
Using Parentheses to Indicate Multiplication
Dividing by 1
Shorthand for Multiplication
Commutative Property
Canceling
Solving Simple Equations
Solving Proportions
Changing Quantities with Single Units of Measurement
Changing One Rate to Another Rate
Practice Sets
Unit 2: Systems of Measurement
CHAPTER 4 The Metric and Household Systems
The Household System
Liquid Volume in the Household System
Weight in the Household System
Length in the Household System
Decimal Based Systems
The Metric System
Liquid Volume in the Metric System
Weight in the Metric System
Length in the Metric System
Practice Sets
CHAPTER 5 Converting From One System of Measurement to Another
Equivalents of Common Units of Measurement
Metric-Household Conversions
Practice Sets
Unit 3 Oral and Parenteral Medications
CHAPTER 6 Calculating Oral Medication Doses
Simple Problems
Medication in Solid Form
Medication in Liquid Form
Complex Problems
Calculating Dosage by Body Weight
Calculating Dosage by Body Surface Area
BSA Formulas
Nomograms
Case Study 6.1
Practice Reading Labels
Practice Sets
CHAPTER 7 Syringes...
Date de parution : 03-2009
Ouvrage de 448 p.
21.6x27.6 cm