Math for nurses : a pocket guide to dosage calculation and drug preparation / 6
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Mary Jo Boyer ; Marie Clark, consultant.
- second edition.
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- xvi, 220 pages : illustrations 19 cm.
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Includes index.
Basic mathematics review -- Roman numerals with Arabic equivalents -- Fractions -- Decimals -- Percent, ratio, and proportion -- Measurement systems -- The metric system -- The apothecaries' system -- Household measurements -- System equivalents and system conversions -- Dosage calculation -- Oral dosages -- Parenteral dosages -- Drugs measured in units -- Immunostimulants: vaccines, toxoids, and immune serum globulins -- Pediatric and geriatric dosages and nursing considerations -- Intravenous therapies -- Solutions -- Answer key -- Appendices.