BookSusan Sienkiewicz, Sandra Megerdichian.
Summary: "Clinical Nursing Calculations is an essential text for teaching dosage calculation to undergraduate nursing students. The text employs the CASE approach, which is a step-by-step method for performing dosage calculations. The author team draws from extensive experience across the continuum of care to bring readers a truly informative and dynamic resource. Clinical Nursing Calculations has been expertly organized into four sections for easy navigation: Mathematics Overview, Principles of Medication Administration, Basic Dosage and Intravenous Calculations, and Advanced Calculations. In addition to clinical calculation coverage, the text also features expanded content on nutrition, insulin pencalculations, and the legal implications of medication administration. The Joint Commission and the Institute for Safe Medication Practice guidelines regarding safe medication administration are also featured. To facilitate learning, students will find examples in both electronic medication administration record (eMAR) and electronic health record format. This text can be used as a primary text for a dosage calculations course or as a supplemental text within a nursing program or pharmacology course"--Publisher's description.
Contents:
Basic math
Systems of measurement
Medication administration equipment
Medication orders
Interpretation of medication labels and package inserts
Elements of safe medication administration
Dosage calculations
Enteral medication dosage calculations
Parenteral medication dosage calculations
Infusion therapy and calculations
Solution calculations
Dosage calculations for special patient populations
Hydration and nutrition calculations
High-alert medications
Critical care calculations
Appendices. Calculating with complex fractions
Apothecary system
The Joint Commission's do not use list
ISMP's list of error-prone abbreviations, symbols, and dose designations
ISMP's list of confused drug names
Adult nomogram
Weight-based heparin protocol adjusted according to anti-factor Xa assay.
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