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Morris, Deborah Gray

Calculate with confidence / created by Deborah Gray Morris and Marcia Brown. - First Canadian edition. - 726 pages; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Roman numerals --
Fractions --
Decimals --
Ratio and proportion --
Percentages --
Metric system --
Apothecary and household systems --
Converting within and between systems --
Additional conversions useful in the health care setting --
Medication administration --
Understanding and interpreting medication orders --
Medication administration records and medication distribution systems --
Reading medication labels --
Dosage calculation using the ratio and proportion method --
Dosage calculation using the formula method --
Dosage calculation using the dimensional analysis method --
Calculation of oral medications --
Parenteral medications --
Reconstitution of solutions --
Insulin --
Intravenous solutions and equipment --
Intravenous calculations --
Heparin calculations --
Critical care calculations --
Pediatric and adult dosage calculation based on weight.

ISBN: 9781927406625

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Pharmaceutical arithmetic
Nursing--Mathematics
Drug dosage calculations--Problems and exercises
Nursing care--Methods--Problems and exercises

LC Class. No.: RS57 GRA