TY  - BOOK
AU  - Macklin,Denise
AU  - Chernecky,Cynthia C.
AU  - Helena Infortuna,
TI  - Math for clinical practice
SN  - 032302582X
AV  - RS57 .M33 2005
U1  - 615/.401513 23
PY  - 2005///
CY  - St. Louis, Mo.
PB  - Elsevier Mosby
KW  - Pharmaceutical arithmetic
KW  - Problems, exercises, etc
KW  - Clinical medicine
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Problems and Exercises
KW  - Pharmaceutical Preparations
KW  - administration & dosage
KW  - Arithmétique pharmaceutique
KW  - Problèmes et exercices
KW  - Médecine clinique
KW  - Mathématiques
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
ER  -