Medical dosage calculations: a dimensional analysis approach / June L. Olsen, M S, RN, Professor of Nursing (Emerita), College of Staten Island, Staten Island, NY, Anthony Patrick Giangrasso, PhD, Professor of Mathematics, LaGuarida Community College, Long Island City, NY, Dolores M. Shrimpton, MA, RN, Professor of Nurshing (Emerita), Kingborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY.
By: Olsen, June Looby [author.].
Contributor(s): Giangrasso, Anthony Patrick [author.] | Shrimpton, Dolores M [author.].
Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson, 2016Edition: 11th edition.Description: xv, 416 pages ; 28 cm.ISBN: 9780133940718 (pbk).Subject(s): Drug Dosage Calculations -- Nurses' Instruction | Pharmaceutical Preparations -- administration & dosage -- Nurses' InstructionGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Shelf | RS57 .M425 2016 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000003171 |
Includes index.
Review of arithmetic for medical dosage calculations -- Safe and accurate drug administration -- Dimensional analysis -- The household and metric systems -- Converting from one system of measurement to another -- Oral medication doses -- Syringes -- Solutions -- Parenteral medications -- Flow rates and durations of enteral and intravenous infusions -- Flow rates and dosage rates for intravenous medications -- Pediatric dosages.