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" Drug calculations for nurses : "
Robert Lapham, Heather Agar.
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BL
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1046774
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b801144
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Lapham, Robert.
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| Title & Author
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Drug calculations for nurses : : a step-by-step approach /\ Robert Lapham, Heather Agar.
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3rd ed.
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London :: Hodder Arnold,, ©2009.
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1 online resource (xviii, 246 pages) :: illustrations
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0340987332
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: 128261553X
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: 1444113135
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: 6612615532
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: 9780340987339
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: 9781282615533
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: 9781444113136
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: 9786612615535
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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pt. i. Mathematics. Basics -- Per cent and percentages -- Units and equivalences -- Drug strengths or concentrations -- pt. ii. Performing calculations. Dosage calculations -- Moles and millimoles -- Infusion rate calculations -- pt. iii. Administering medicines. Action and administration medicines -- Infusion devices -- Children and medicines -- The elderly and medicines -- Sources and interpretation of drug information -- Revision test -- Answers to problems set in chapters -- Appendices. Body surfaces area (BSA) estimates ; Weight conversion tables ; Height conversion tables ; Calculations of body mass index (BMI) ; Estimation of renal function ; Abbreviations used in prescriptions.
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This handy, introductory guide will enable nurses to perform drug calculations both confidently and competently. It includes worked examples, detailed explanations and graded exercises to promote easy learning.
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Nursing-- Mathematics, Problems, exercises, etc.
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Pharmaceutical arithmetic, Problems, exercises, etc.
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MEDICAL-- Drug Guides.
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MEDICAL-- Nursing-- Pharmacology.
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MEDICAL-- Pharmacology.
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MEDICAL-- Pharmacy.
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Nursing-- Mathematics.
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Pharmaceutical arithmetic.
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Pharmaceutical Preparations-- administration dosage.
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Mathematics.
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| Dewey Classification
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615.14
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RS57.L36 2009eb
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2003 M-015
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QV 16
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QV 18.2L312d 2009
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Agar, Heather.
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