Clinical Calculations: With Applications to General and Specialty Areas

Description:

Learn the most common methods of drug calculation, and use the one that is right for you! Clinical Calculations: With Applications to General and Specialty Areas, 10th Edition helps you learn to calculate drug dosages accurately. It covers the four major drug calculation methods - basic formula, ratio and proportion, fractional equation, and dimensional analysis - plus body weight and body surface area. It also includes practice problems not only for general care but also for specialty areas such as pediatrics and critical care. Written by a team of experts, this market-leading text shows how drug calculation and drug administration are related and emphasizes patient safety above all else.

Features:

• Coverage of four major drug calculation methods includes basic formula, ratio and proportion, fractional equation, and dimensional analysis, plus body weight and body surface area, enabling you to learn and apply the method that works best for you.
• Information on drugs, drug administration techniques, and devices helps you master the most up-to-date techniques of drug administration, including oral, intravenous, intra-muscular, subcutaneous, and other routes.
• Calculations for Specialty Areas section addresses the drug calculations needed to practice in pediatric, labor and delivery, critical care, and community settings.
• Detailed, full-color photos and illustrations show current equipment for IV therapy, the latest types of pumps, and the newest syringes.
• Practice problems are included for specialty units - pediatrics, critical care, pediatric critical care, labor and delivery, and community - in addition to general patient areas.
• Comprehensive post-test allows you to test your knowledge of key concepts from the text.
• Information on pumps covers insulin and enteral infusion pumps, plus intravenous infusion pumps such as single and multi-channel, PCA, ands syringe, explaining their use in drug administration.
• Caution boxes provide alerts to problems or issues related to various drugs and their administration.

New To This Edition:

• NEW! Next-Generation NCLEX^® examination-style and NGN Prep questions introduce the new elements from the updated NCLEX exam, assessing critical thinking, clinical judgment, and decision-making based on actual clinical situations.

Table Of Contents:

Clinical Calculations: With Applications to General and Specialty Areas, 10e

Part I: Basic Math Review

Part II: Systems, Conversion, and Methods of Drug Calculation

Chapter 1: Systems Used for Drug Administration

Chapter 2: Conversion Within the Metric, Apothecary, and Household Systems

Chapter 3: Interpretation of Drug Labels, Drug Orders, Bar Codes, MAR and eMAR,

Automation of Medication Dispensing, and Abbreviations

Chapter 4: Prevention of Medication Errors

Chapter 5: Alternative Methods for Drug Administration

Chapter 6: Methods of Calculation

Chapter 7: Methods of Calculation for Individualized Drug Dosing

Part III: Calculations of Oral, Injectable, and Intravenous Drugs

Chapter 8: Oral and Enteral Preparations with Clinical Applications

Chapter 9: Injectable Preparations with Clinical Applications

NEW! Chapter 10: Insulin Administration

Chapter 11: Intravenous Preparations with Clinical Applications

Part IV: Calculations for Specialty Areas

Chapter 12: Pediatrics

Chapter 13: Critical Care

Chapter 14: Pediatric Critical Care

Chapter 15: Labor and Delivery

Chapter 16: Community

Part V: Post-Test: Oral Preparations, Injectables, Intravenous, and Pediatrics

Appendix A: Guidelines for Administration

Appendix B: Nomograms: Child and Adult

References

Index