Dosage calculations made incredibly easy!

Fractions -- Decimals and percentages -- Ratios, fractions, proportions, and solving for X -- Dimensional analysis -- Metric system -- Alternative measurement systems -- Drug orders -- Administration records -- Preventing drug errors -- Calculating oral drug dosages -- Calculating topical and rectal drug dosages -- Calculating parenteral injections -- Calculating I.V. infusions -- Calculating pediatric dosages -- Calculating obstetric drug dosages -- Calculating critical care dosages.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 373) and index.

Now in its fourth edition, ""Dosage Calculations Made Incredibly Easy!"" contains everything health care practitioners need to review and students need to learn about calculating drug dosages. This entertaining and informative reference reviews the basic math needed to perform dosage calculation, including fractions, decimals, percentages, ratios, and proportions. It walks the nurse through the interpretation of hundreds of examples of drug orders and the performance of hundreds of complex dosage calculations, and provides information on deciphering difficult abbreviations, dealing with unclear handwriting, reading medication labels, selecting administration equipment, and more. Special elements found throughout the book make it easy to remember key points"