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Dosage Calculations And Medication Math Manual
Conversions, Formulas, Weight-Based Doses, Reconstitution, Infusion Rates, and Safety Checks
Verlag:
Independently Published Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P36876196
EAN: 9798190789188
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Nicht auf Lager
Zustellung: Do, 08.10.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
-2.4 %
CHF 210.–
CHF 205.–
Beschreibung
Master medication mathematics through a structured, safety-centered approach designed for nursing students, new graduates, clinical educators, medication aides working within an authorized scope, pharmacy and allied-health learners, and practicing professionals who need a reliable refresher. DOSAGE CALCULATIONS AND MEDICATION MATH MANUAL. moves beyond memorized formulas by teaching readers how to interpret the complete order, match it to the available product, reconcile units, estimate the expected result, calculate transparently, and verify that the final answer is clinically measurable and reasonable. Inside this comprehensive manual, readers will learn how to:. Convert accurately among kilograms, grams, milligrams, micrograms, liters, milliliters, pounds, hours, and minutes. Use desired-over-have, ratio and proportion, and dimensional analysis. Calculate tablets, capsules, oral liquids, and enteral medication doses. Solve weight-based, pediatric, neonatal, and body-surface-area problems. Interpret reconstitution instructions, final concentrations, dilution equations, percentage solutions, and ratio strengths. Determine parenteral withdrawal volumes and select an appropriate syringe. Calculate intravenous pump rates, gravity-flow rates, completion times, and remaining volumes. Convert continuous and titrated infusion orders into safe milliliters-per-hour settings. Apply dose ranges, maximums, caps, reverse checks, and independent-verification methods. Recognize unsafe results, concentration mismatches, unmeasurable volumes, and other stop points before administration. Each chapter combines clear explanations with worked examples, clinical pearls, red-flag alerts, documentation points, case studies, skills checklists, practice laboratories, key terms, chapter summaries, and review questions with rationales. The manual also includes quick-reference formula tables, calculation-safety checklists, competency-validation tools, an answer map, a comprehensive glossary, and a subject index for rapid point-of-need use. Whether used for classroom study, simulation, orientation, remediation, supervised competency validation, or professional review, this book helps readers build the disciplined habits behind safe medication calculation:. Verify. Estimate. Calculate. Measure. Check. Document. Reassess.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Kelvin Patts
- Paul J. Percival
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 264