Clinical Calculations: With Applications to General and Specialty Areas - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 11th Edition

by Sally M. Marshall, RN, MSN, Mary Catherine Forrester, RN, MSN, ACNP-BC and Kathryn Woods, RN, BSN, DNP-C

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Help your students learn the common methods of drug calculation, and use the method that is right for them! Clinical Calculations: With Applications to General and Specialty Areas, 11th Edition makes it easy to learn to calculate drug dosages accurately. It covers the four major drug calculation methods — ratio and proportion, basic formula, fractional equation, and dimensional analysis — plus body weight and body surface area. It also includes practice problems not only for general care but also for specialty areas such as pediatrics and critical care. This market -leading text helps prepare students for the Next-Generation NCLEX® examination, shows how drug calculation and drug administration are related, and emphasizes patient safety above all else.

New to This Edition
- Chapter 10: Insulin Administration; include more information on U500 insulin syringes, new insulin delivery methods (e.g., using an inhaler), add more long acting insulins (e.g., Lyumjev, Afreeza, Degludec)
- Chapter 9: Injectable Preparations with Clinical Applications - New GLP-1 agonists class medications (e.g., Ozempic and other similar ones) will be added to this chapter
- Chapter 11: Intravenous Preparations with Clinical Applications-the IV pump photos will be replaced with more up to date versions
- Chapter 3: Interpretation of Drug Labels, Drug Orders, Bar Codes, MAR and eMAR: expand the section regarding automated dispensing cabinets as these are what is now widely used in most healthcare facilities
- Remove he/she pronouns and replace with "the nurse" to diminish any gender insensitivity
- The latest drugs on the market will be included to replace older or off-the-market drugs
Key Features
- Coverage of all four major drug calculation methods (ratio/proportion, formula, fractional equation, dimensional analysis)
- Updated information on drug administration techniques and devices
- Updated drug information
- Caution boxes
- Information on infusion pumps - enteral, single, multi-channel, PCA, and insulin - helps you understand their use in drug administration
- Calculations for Specialty Areas section addresses the drug calculations needed to practice in pediatric, critical care, labor and delivery, and community settings
- Detailed, full-color photos and illustrations show the most current equipment for IV therapy, the latest types of pumps, and the newest syringes
- A comprehensive post-test allows you to test your knowledge of key concepts from the text
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Contents

Part I: Basic Math Review

Part II: Systems, Conversion, and Methods of Drug Calculation
1. Systems Used for Drug Administration
2. Conversion Within the Metric, Apothecary, and Household Systems
3. Interpretation of Drug Labels, Drug Orders, Bar Codes, MAR and eMAR, Automation of Medication Dispensing, and Abbreviations
4. Prevention of Medication Errors
5. Alternative Methods for Drug Administration
6. Methods of Calculation
7. Methods of Calculation for Individualized Drug Dosing

Part III: Calculations of Oral, Injectable, and Intravenous Drugs
8. Oral and Enteral Preparations with Clinical Applications
9. Injectable Preparations with Clinical Applications
10. Insulin Administration
11. Intravenous Preparations with Clinical Applications

Part IV: Calculations for Specialty Areas
12. Pediatrics
13. Critical Care
14. Pediatric Critical Care
15. Labor and Delivery
16. Community

Part V: Post-Test: Oral Preparations, Injectables, Intravenous, and Pediatrics

Appendix
A: Guidelines for Administration -e-only content
B: Nomograms: Child and Adult- e-only content References-e only content Index
Authors

Sally M. Marshall, RN, MSN, Nursing Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Regional Office and Medical Center, Wilmington, DE, USA, Mary Catherine Forrester, RN, MSN, ACNP-BC and Kathryn Woods, RN, BSN, DNP-C
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