Drug Calculations for Nurses: A Step-By-Step Approach

ISBN-13: 9780367522322 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 402 str.

Robert Lapham

Opis

This new edition of Drug Calculations for Nurses teaches healthcare professionals how to perform drug calculations with confidence and competence. It provides step-by-step guidance to carry out accurate drug calculations, with units and drug strengths clearly explained.

 

Spis treści

Part I  1.Introduction  2.Basics  3.First Principles  4.Percent and Percentages  5.Units and Equivalences  6.Moles and Millimoles  7.Drug Strengths or Concentrations  Part II  8.Dosage Calculations  9.Infusion Rate Calculations  10.Intravenous Therapy and Infusion Devices  Part III  11.Action and Administration of Medicines  12.Adverse Drug Reactions  13.Drug Interactions  14.Children and Medicines  15.Older people and Medicines  16.Medicines- Pregnancy and Breastfeeding  17.Sources and Interpretation of Drug Information  18.Answers to Problem.  Appendices

O autorze

Robert Lapham is a Medicines Information and Formulary Pharmacist at the South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, UK.