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BL
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592030
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b421249
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| Main Entry
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Boyer, Mary Jo
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| Title & Author
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Math for nurses : : a pocket guide to dosage calculation and drug preparation /\ Mary Jo Boyer
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| Edition Statement
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8th ed
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| Publication Statement
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Philadelphia :: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,, c2013
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xvi, 400 p. :: ill. (some col.) ;; 19 cm
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| ISBN
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9781609136802 (alk. paper)
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: 1609136802 (alk. paper)
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| Notes
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"A pocket-size laminated insert card: 'Containing approximate system equivalents and conversions formulas...' will be found inside the back cover."
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Includes index
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| Contents
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Preassessment test : mathematics skills review -- Fractions -- Decimals -- Percents, ratio, and proportion -- The metric, household, and apothecary systems of measurement -- Approximate equivalents and system conversions -- Medication labels -- Oral dosage calculations -- Parenteral dosage calculations -- Intravenous therapy -- Intravenous therapies : critical care applications -- Insulin -- Heparin preparation and dosage calculations : subcutaneous and intravenous -- Pediatric dosage calculations and intravenous therapy -- Solutions and drug reconstitution
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| Abstract
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A pocket-sized guide/reference to dosage calculation and drug administration. It includes a review of basic math skills, measurement systems, and drug calculations/preparations. It helps students to calculate dosages accurately and improve the accuracy of drug delivery
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Nursing-- Mathematics, Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Pharmaceutical arithmetic, Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Pharmaceutical Preparations-- administration dosage, Handbooks
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Pharmaceutical Preparations-- administration dosage, Nurses' Instruction
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Dosage Forms, Handbooks
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Dosage Forms, Nurses' Instruction
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Drug Dosage Calculations, Handbooks
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Drug Dosage Calculations, Nurses' Instruction
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Mathematics, Handbooks
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Mathematics, Nurses' Instruction
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