Med-Math: Dosage Calculation, Preparation and Administration

This practical, workbook-style text presents a clinically oriented approach to calculating and administering dosages featuring a step-by-step approach and easy-to-learn rules. Students are provided with the information they need to administer drugs safely, including systems of administration, Center for Disease Control universal safeguards and legal aspects. The rules and explanations are immediately reinforced with numerous examples and practice problems to test the reader's newly acquired knowledge and skills. New features include Content to Master at the beginning of each chapter providing an overview of pertinent material to master, more actual manufacturer's drug labels to help students calculate dosage accurately, a completely revised chapter covering current guidelines for dosage for infants and children and expanded content on infusion pumps for IVs and IVPBs. This edition also provides an overview of drug orders in various care settings and reviews international standards and measurements. Insulin and insulin related problems are also covered, and ratio and proportion methods are explained in an easy-to-understand way.