| Description |
1 online resource (292 pages) |
| Contents |
Prelims; Tittle Page; Copyright page; Contents; About the book; About the authors; Acknowledgements; Guide to the text; Guide to the online resources; Part 1 -- Fundamental skills; 1 Basic mathematics; Introduction; Basic arithmetic; Fractions and decimals; Ratios and percentages; 2 Units of measurement; Introduction; Systems of measurement: an overview; 3 Medication charts; Introduction; Inpatient charts used in Australia and New Zealand; The legality of the medication chart; Adverse reactions and allergies; Once only, premedication and nurse-initiated medications; Telephone/verbal orders |
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Regular medicationsPRN medications; VTE prophylaxis; Warfarin orders; Variable dose medication ; National Residential Medication Chart; Oxygen therapy and medical gases; Seven 'rights' for safe medication administration; 10 steps for safe use of a medication chart; 4 Using quality and risk management principles in dosage calculations; Introduction; Quality in the use and administration of medicines; Principles of risk management; Risks with dosage calculations; 5 General dosage calculations; Introduction; Medication calculations: dose per kilogram |
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Medication calculations: tablets and capsules Medication calculations: liquids and concentrations; 6 Infusion calculations; Introduction; Types of infusion delivery; Approaching infusion calculations; Calculating rates for infusions; Changing from a gravity feed (dpm) to a volumetric pump (mL; How long until the infusion is finished; Changes to the infusion rate; Calculating more complex rates for infusions; Part 2 -- Skills deepening; 7 Paediatric calculations; Introduction; Dose per kilogram; Body surface area; Displacement values (powder volumes) when reconstituting powdered IV medications |
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Practical calculations8 Aged care calculations; Introduction; Polypharmacy; Cutting and crushing tablets; Coated tablets; 9 Midwifery calculations; Introduction; Pain relief in labour; 10 Mental health calculations; Introduction; Types of calculations commonly used in mental health; 11 Critical care and high dependency dosage calculations; Introduction; General principles for solving calculations in units/min and units/body weight/min; Infusion calculations -- units per minute (mcg/min or mg/min); Infusion calculations -- units per body weight per minute (mcg/kg/min or mg/kg/min) |
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Infusion calculations -- bolus infusion dosesMedicine calculations -- liquids and concentrations; 12 Oncology calculations; Introduction; Types of calculations commonly performed in oncology; Part 3 -- Skills practice; 13 Practice questions; Basic mathematics; General questions; Medication chart questions; 14 Answers; Online Resources; References; Index |
| Summary |
Clinical Dosage Calculations is a local, full-colour text covering the important aspects of dosage calculations students require to deal with this essential part of clinical practice. An applied skills-focused text, Brotto uses real life cases, worked examples and real medication charts and labels to engage students. Starting with the fundamental skills to help students deal with mathematics and familiarise themselves with medication charts and labels, the text then moves on to specialist area chapters, allowing them to deepen their skills in a clinical context. Each chapter explains the main |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Drugs -- Dosage -- Australia -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Drugs -- Dosage -- New Zealand -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Pharmaceutical arithmetic -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Drugs -- Administration -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Drugs -- Dosage.
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Pharmaceutical Preparations -- administration & dosage
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Pharmaceutical arithmetic.
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Drugs -- Administration.
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Drugs -- Dosage.
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Australia.
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New Zealand.
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manuals (instructional materials)
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handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rafferty, Kate
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| ISBN |
9780170276627 |
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0170276627 |
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