Math for clinical practice / Denise Macklin, Cynthia Chernecky, Mother Helena Infortuna.

Includes index.

CD-ROMs are titled: Daugherty & Romans drug calculations student CD-ROM, version III and Answer key for Math for clinical practice.

System requirements for accompanying disks: Windows 95 or higher; Pentium II or faster; 64 MB RAM or more; 10 MB hard disk space; 48X or faster CD-ROM drive.

Section I : Reviewing math skills -- Decimals : relative value, addition, and subtraction -- Decimals : multiplication and division -- Fractions : reduction and equations -- Section II : Systems of measurement -- Units of measure -- Comprehensive review -- Conversion -- Section III : Calculations for the clinical setting -- Percentage -- Ratio-proportion method -- Formula method -- Body weight -- Section IV : Reading medication labels and using syringes -- Using syringes -- Oral medications -- Parenteral medications -- Reconstituting medications -- Section V : Methods of administering medications -- Unit dose, card system, and computerized medication administration system -- Medication records -- Section VI : Intravenous fluid calculations -- Introduction to intravenous therapy -- Intravenous flow rate calculations -- Section VII : Unique calculations -- Calculating intravenous heparin dosages -- Insulin -- Calculating sliding-scale regular insulin dosages -- Intake and output -- Section VIII : Calculations in special care units -- Oncology -- Pediatrics -- Intensive care unit.

"Math for Clinical Practice helps you learn the mathematical principles that are important in the clinical setting and then allows you to apply them to real-world examples of drug calculations. In addition, hundreds of practice problems based on actual patient-care scenarios are available to help you reinforce your understanding of these principles."--BOOK JACKET.