Research Catalog

Title

Henke's med-math : dosage calculation, preparation, and administration / Susan Buchholz, Grace Henke.

Author

Buchholz, Susan.

Publication

Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2003], ©2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

Henke, Grace.

Description

xviii, 374 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm +

Alternative Title

Med-math

Subject

• Pharmaceutical arithmetic
• Pharmaceutical Preparations > administration & dosage
• Mathematics

Genre/Form

• Nurses Instruction.
• Programmed Instruction.

Note

• Previous ed. cataloged under: Henke, Grace.
• Previous ed. published with title: Med-math.
• Includes index.

System Details (note)

• System requirements: Windows 200 MHz processor or higher, PowerPC (200 MHz or higher recommended); 32MB or RAM (64MB recommended), 10MB hard disk space; Windows 95, 98, 2000 or NT, MAC OS 8.0 or higher; Netscape 4.78 or higher with Java settings enabled OR Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher with Java settings enabled, browser cookies should be enabled; 8X or faster CD-ROM drive, 640 x 480 monitor with thousands of colors or better.

Contents

Chapter 1. Arithmetic Needed for Dosage -- Multiplying Whole Numbers -- Dividing Whole Numbers -- Fractions -- Types of Fractions -- Multiplying Fractions -- Dividing Fractions -- Changing Fractions to Decimals -- Decimals -- Reading Decimals -- Dividing Decimals -- Clearing the Divisor of Decimal Points -- Rounding Off Decimals -- Comparing the Value of Decimals -- Percent -- Percents That Are Whole Numbers -- Percents That Are Decimals -- Percents That Are Fractions -- Ratio and Proportion -- Solving Proportions With an Unknown -- Ratio and Proportion in Dosage -- Chapter 2. Interpreting the Language of Prescriptions -- Time of Administration of Drugs -- Military Time: The 24-Hour Clock -- Routes of Administration -- Metric and SI Abbreviations -- Apothecary Abbreviations -- Household Abbreviations -- Terms and Abbreviations for Drug Preparations -- Answers to Self Tests -- Chapter 3. Drug Labels and Packaging -- Unit-Dose Packaging -- Multidose Packaging -- Chapter 4. Metric, Apothecary, and Household Systems of Measurement -- Metric System -- Measures of Weight -- Weight Equivalents -- Converting Solid Equivalents -- Table of Common Metric Solid Equivalents -- Apothecary System -- Roman Numerals -- Apothecary Abbreviations -- Solid Apothecary Measure--The Grain -- Solid Equivalents--Apothecary and Metric -- Household System -- Household Measures -- Metric Liquid Measures -- Liquid Apothecary Measures -- Conversions Among Liquid Measures -- Chapter 5. Drug Preparations and Equipment to Measure Doses -- Drug Preparations -- Oral Route -- Parenteral Route -- Topical Route -- Equipment to Measure Doses -- Medicine Cup -- Syringes -- Rounding Off Numbers in Liquid Dosage Answers -- Needles for Intramuscular and Subcutaneous Injections -- Chapter 6. Calculation of Oral Medications--Solids and Liquids -- Proportion Expressed as Two Fractions -- Proportion Expressed as Two Ratios -- Oral Solids -- Application of the Rule for Oral Solids -- Clearing Decimals -- Special Types of Oral Solid Orders -- Oral Liquids -- Application of the Rule for Oral Liquids -- Special Types of Oral Liquid Orders -- Mental Drill for Oral Solid and Liquid Problems -- Chapter 7. Liquids for Injection -- Calculating Injection Problems -- 3-cc Syringe -- 1-cc Precision Syringe -- Special Types of Problems in Injections From a Liquid -- When Stock Is a Ratio -- When Stock Is a Percent -- Insulin Injections -- Types of Insulin -- Types of Insulin Syringes -- Preparing an Injection Using an Insulin Syringe -- Mixing Two Insulins in One Syringe -- Preparing an Insulin Injection When No Insulin Syringe Is Available -- Test Your Clinical Savvy -- Chapter 8. Injections From Powders -- Injections From Powders -- Application of the Rule for Injections From Powders -- Distinctive Features of Injections From Powders -- Where to Find Information About Reconstitution of Powders -- Answers to Self Tests -- Chapter 9. Calculation of Basic IV Drip Rates -- Types of Intravenous Fluids -- Kinds of Intravenous Drip Factors -- Infusion Pumps -- Labeling IVs -- Calculating Basic IV Drip Rates -- Application of the Rule -- Determining Hours an IV Will Run -- Choosing the Infusion Set -- Need for Continuous Observation -- Adding Medications to IVs -- Medications Ordered Over Several Hours -- Medications for Intermittent Intravenous Administration -- Admixture IVs -- Changing the Intravenous Drip Rate -- Recording Intake -- Chapter 10. Special Types of Intravenous Calculations -- Medications Ordered in Units/hr, mg/hr, or mL/hr -- Units/hr--Rule and Calculation -- mg/hr, g/hr--Rule and Calculation -- mL/hr--Rule and Calculation -- mg/min--Rule and Calculation -- Medications Ordered in mcg/min, mcg/kg/min, or milliunits/min -- mcg/min--Rule and Calculation -- mcg/kg/min--Rule and Calculation -- milliunits/min--Rule and Calculation -- Body Surface Nomogram -- m[superscript 2]--Rule and Calculation -- Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA) -- Chapter 11. Dosage Problems for Infants and Children -- Dosage Based on mg/kg and Body Surface Area -- Steps and Rule-mk/kg Body Weight -- Determining BSA in m[superscript 2] -- Steps and Rule-m[superscript 2] Medication Orders -- Dosage for Parenteral Medications -- Chapter 12. Information Basic to Administering Drugs -- Drug Knowledge -- Generic and Trade Names -- Classification -- Pregnancy Category -- Dosage and Route -- Action -- Indications -- Side and Adverse Effects -- Contraindications and Precautions -- Interactions and Incompatibilities -- Nursing Implications -- Signs of Effectiveness -- Patient Teaching -- Pharmacokinetics -- Absorption -- Distribution -- Biotransformation -- Excretion -- Tolerance -- Cumulation -- Half-Life -- Legal Considerations -- Criminal Law -- Civil Law -- Ethical Principles in Drug Administration -- Autonomy -- Truthfulness -- Beneficience -- Nonmaleficence -- Confidentiality -- Justice -- Fidelity -- Specific Points That May Be Helpful in Giving Medications -- Three Checks and Five Rights -- Medication Orders -- Knowledge Base -- Pouring Medications -- Giving Medications -- Charting -- Evaluation -- Error in Medication -- Chapter 13. Administration Procedures -- Universal or Standard Precautions Applied to Administration of Medications -- General Safeguards in Administering Medications -- Systems of Administration -- Ticket System -- Mobile-Cart System -- Computer Printouts -- Routes of Administration -- Oral Route -- Parenteral Route -- Administering Injections -- Application to Skin and Mucous Membrane -- Appendix A. Dimensional Analysis -- Appendix B. Proficiency Test Answers.

ISBN

• 078173634X (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780781736343 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2002069527

OCLC

• ocm49874815
• 49874815
• SCSB-5351341

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries