Calculation Of Drug Dosages E Book

Author : Sheila J. Ogden
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 0323393667
Total Pages : 627 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Calculation of Drug Dosages - E-Book written by Sheila J. Ogden and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2015-01-29 with total page 627 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known for its textbook/workbook format, Calculation of Drug Dosages, 10th Edition makes it easy to master the ratio and proportion, formula, and dimensional analysis methods for drug calculation. A basic review of mathematics refreshes your math skills, and plenty of practice problems help you overcome any inexperience or weaknesses you may have. Written by nursing experts Sheila Ogden and Linda Fluharty, this resource helps you calculate drug dosages accurately and with confidence. An extensive math review covers the basic math skills essential for accurate calculation of drug dosages and helps you identify your strengths and weaknesses. Over 1,800 practice problems reinforce your understanding of drug calculations. A logical structure is organized from simple to complex, making it easier to absorb and retain knowledge. Learning objectives keep you focused and explain what you should accomplish upon completion of each chapter. An Alert box highlights information crucial to math calculation and patient safety. Chapter worksheets allow you to practice solving realistic problems. Post-tests at the end of each chapter let you assess your understanding of content. A comprehensive post-test at the end of the book offers additional practice and accurately gauges your overall understanding. Over 600 practice problems on the Evolve companion website cover ratio-proportion, formula, and dimensional analysis methods. 25 flash cards on Evolve contain abbreviations, formulas, and conversions from the book, allowing you to study at your own pace. UPDATED drug labels and equipment photos show the latest drugs and technology used in the market. NEW! Additional Intake and Output problems are included, and the apothecary method is minimized and moved to the appendix. NEW! Easy-access answer key is placed at the end of each chapter rather than in the back of the book.

Author : Sheila J. Ogden
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 0323596169
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Calculation of Drug Dosages E-Book written by Sheila J. Ogden and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2018-12-29 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the ratio and proportion, formula, and dimensional analysis methods of drug calculation, Calculation of Drug Dosages, 11th Edition is designed to help you master these methods. A basic review of mathematics serves to refresh your skills if you are weak or inexperienced in math, and plenty of practice problems help you become competent in making drug calculations. Known for its worktext format, this text offers multiple worksheets pre-and post-tests and a comprehensive post-test - making it ideal to be used in the classroom or for individual study. Streamlined and updated to reflect current practice, this resource helps you learn to calculate drug dosages accurately and with confidence. UPDATED! Safety in Medication Administration chapter reflects current standards. UPDATED! Pediatric and Obstetric chapters revised by expert contributors. UPDATED! The Intake and Output section includes additional questions to reinforce your understanding. UPDATED! Medications changed to generic names to reflect what you will encounter on the NCLEX®. UPDATED! Physician orders sheet and medication administration records (MAR's) reflect the look of electronic records currently used in practice. An extensive math review covers the basic math skills essential for accurate calculation of drug dosages. Chapter worksheets allow you to practice solving realistic problems. Post-tests at the end of each chapter let you assess your understanding of content. An Alert box highlights information crucial to math calculation and patient safety. A comprehensive post-test at the end of the book offers additional practice and accurately gauges your overall understanding. A logical structure is organized from simple to complex, helping you to absorb and retain knowledge. UPDATED! Medication labels have been updated.

Author : Sheila J. Ogden
Publisher : Mosby
ISBN 13 : 9780323826228
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Calculation of Drug Dosages written by Sheila J. Ogden and published by Mosby. This book was released on 2022-03 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sheila J. Ogden
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Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Calculation of Drug Dosages written by Sheila J. Ogden and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This popular dosage calculation work-text helps students master the critical skills necessary to competently and confidently calculate drug dosages. Innovative and practical, it includes information on the ratio and proportion, formula and dimensional analysis methods of drug calculation, and numerous practice problems to accompany these methods. Ideal for students who need an extensive math review in addition to drug calculations content, this new edition features a more logical organization, a new chapter addressing medication administration to critically ill patients, and more practice problems on calculations for pediatric patients.

Author : Janice F. Boundy
Publisher : XYZ editeur/XYZ Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780781758543
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Calculation of Medication Dosages written by Janice F. Boundy and published by XYZ editeur/XYZ Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text equips nurses with the decision making skills to ensure that medication dosages are calculated correctly and administered safely. The book integrates critical thinking and decision making into the dosage calculation process and uses a realistic case study approach, with photos of nurses, patients, tablets, solutions, syringes, injectables, and drug labels. The formula method and ratio and proportion method are both presented for all problems, and a separate appendix explains the dimensional analysis method. Tables of equivalents, formulas, and Abbreviations used in medication orders appear on the inside cover. A pocket card with common measurements and conversions is included.

Author : Springhouse
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN 13 : 9781582551340
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dosage Calculations Made Incredibly Easy! written by Springhouse and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2002 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This entertaining guide is now more fun, more up-to-date, and even easier to use -- an indispensable resource for nurses who want to take the stress out of dosage calculations. New to this edition are a chapter on dimensional analysis; numerous lighthearted learning aids called "Cheat Sheets"; and "Practice Makes Perfect" -- case study questions and answers that let nurses assess their progress. Contents include math basics; measurement systems; drug orders and administration records; calculating oral, topical, and rectal drug dosages; calculating parenteral injections and I.V. infusions; and calculating pediatric, obstetric, and critical care dosages.

Author : Sheila J. Ogden
Publisher : Mosby
ISBN 13 : 9780323077538
Total Pages : 615 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Calculation of Drug Dosages written by Sheila J. Ogden and published by Mosby. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master the critical skills necessary to competently and confidently calculate drug dosages using Calculation of Drug Dosages. Written by Sheila J. Ogden, MSN, RN and Linda Fluharty, RNC, MSN, this updated 9th Edition provides you with an extensive review of essential math concepts before introducing and clearly explaining the ratio and proportion, formula, and dimensional analysis methods of drug calculation. The book's popular "worktext" format builds on concepts as you go and reinforces what you learn with over 1,800 practice problems. Identify your strengths and weaknesses with an extensive math review, covering the basic math skills essential for accurate calculation of drug dosages. Use chapter worksheets to practice solving realistic problems. Assess your understanding of chapter content using post-tests at the end of each chapter. Retain content more easily and build on your prior knowledge through a logical organization. Get additional practice and accurately gauge your overall understanding with a comprehensive post-test at the end of the book. Stay focused with learning objectives that explain what you should accomplish upon completion of each chapter. Know the latest drugs and technology used in the market with updated drug labels and equipment photos. Study at your own pace with 25 flash cards, now on Evolve, containing abbreviations, formulas, and conversions from the book. Check your work and see your mistakes with a detailed step-by-step answer key. Tap into a new chapter on obstetric dosages that provides you with practice problems using medications unique to this important nursing subspecialty. Use alert boxes that call attention to information crucial to math calculation and patient safety. Stay current with new content on Intake and Output (I & O). Reduce medication errors and increase patient safety via updated guidelines for The Joint Commission and Institute for Safe Medication Practice. Recognize the implications of drug accuracy with more drug labels added to critical care practice problems. Access Evolve online resources where you'll see 5-10 new practice problems related to each chapter and the new updated Drug Calculations Companion (Version 4), featuring an interactive student tutorial that includes an extensive menu of various topic areas within drug calculations such as oral, parenteral, pediatric, and intravenous calculations to name a few. And over 600 practice problems cover ratio-proportion, formula, and dimensional analysis methods.

Author : Gloria D. Pickar
Publisher : Cengage Learning
ISBN 13 : 9781418015633
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dosage Calculations written by Gloria D. Pickar and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Builds upon its core strengths-comprehensive math review, ratio- proportion method approach, and critical thinking assessment. The author's trusted three step method, Convert, Think, Calculate, trains users how to significantly reduce errors and increase their confidence in dosage calculation.

Author : Maria Glaucia Teixeira
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118978528
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pharmaceutical Calculations written by Maria Glaucia Teixeira and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retaining the successful previous editions' programmed instructional format, this book improves and updates an authoritative textbook to keep pace with compounding trends and calculations – addressing real-world calculations pharmacists perform and allowing students to learn at their own pace through examples. Connects well with the current emphasis on self-paced and active learning in pharmacy schools Adds a new chapter dedicated to practical calculations used in contemporary compounding, new appendices, and solutions and answers for all problems Maintains value for teaching pharmacy students the principles while also serving as a reference for review by students in preparation for licensure exams Rearranges chapters and rewrites topics of the previous edition, making its content ideal to be used as the primary textbook in a typical dosage calculations course for any health care professional Reviews of the prior edition: "...a well-structured approach to the topic..." (Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy) and "...a perfectly organized manual that serves as a expert guide..." (Electric Review)

Author : Sheila J. Ogden
Publisher : Mosby
ISBN 13 : 9780323310697
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Calculation of Drug Dosages written by Sheila J. Ogden and published by Mosby. This book was released on 2015-01-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a drug calculation work text designed to provide a systemic review of mathematics and a simplified method of calculating drug dosages. Ogden and Fluharty include information on the dimensional analysis, ratio and proportion, and formula methods of drug calculation, as well as numerous practice problems. --From publisher description.