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Dosage/Drug Calculators, Tutorials & Quiz
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Check your
IV Medication Drip Calculations - Use this calculator for Epinephrine, Lidocaine, Isuprel, and Nitro Drips.
(Public Safety Training Center - Monroe Community College, Rochester, New York. USA)
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Dosage Calculations Tutorials - Tutorials on metric conversions, tablet and fluid dosage calculations and IV
flow rate calculations (School of Nursing UNC, USA)
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Drug Calculations for Nurses -
Software to assist nurses and other health professionals teaching and
learning drug calculations.
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Fluid Dosages Quiz -
Calculating fluid dosages is rather tricky. These 20 questions will assist you learning the principles of
calculating fluid dosages.
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Intravenous Flow Rates Quiz - 20 questions are presented to test your skills and enhance your learning of
intravenous drug calculations. (School of Nursing UNC, USA)
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Nursing
calculators -  On-line working calculators to solve nursing
math problems with formulas and examples included. Great stuff. All programs
are written by Manuel Villanueva unless otherwise specified. (manuelsweb.com)
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RN Central:
Dosage Calculations Quiz - Thanks to our trusty pharmacists, we do not always have to calculate dosages of
medications. However, it is always best to know how to calculate your own dosages so that we all know exactly
what we are giving, and exactly how much we should give. (RN Central)
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Tablet Dosages Quiz - Calculating the number of tablets or capsules to administer to a patient is one of the
most common calculations that a nurse is required to make. These 20 questions will assist you learning the
principles of calculating tablet dosages.
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Essential Drug Dosage
Calculations (4th Edition)
by Lorrie N. Hegstad, Wilma Hayek
Undergraduate text for nursing students. Utilizes
the ratio and proportion method to promote
competence in interpreting medication orders and
mastery of drug dosage calculation. Includes CD with
additional practice problems, illustrations, and a
student guide. Previous edition: c1994. Softcover.
DNLM: Pharmaceutical Preparations--administration.
Paperback: 374 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall; 4 edition (July 17, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN: 0838522858
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Calculation of Drug
Dosages
by Sheila J. Ogden
This popular dosage calculation work-text helps
students master the critical skills necessary to
competently and confidently calculate drug dosages.
Innovative and practical, it includes information on
the ratio and proportion, formula and dimensional
analysis methods of drug calculation, and numerous
practice problems to accompany these methods. Ideal
for students who need an extensive math review in
addition to drug calculations content, this new
edition features a more logical organization, a new
chapter addressing medication administration to
critically ill patients, and more practice problems
on calculations for pediatric patients.
Paperback: 512 pages
Publisher: C.V. Mosby; 7th Bk&Cdr edition (February
14, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN: 0323018882
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Calculation of Drug
Dosages
by Caroline Janney, Jane Flahive
Textbook/workbook on administering and calculating
drug dosages. For nursing students. Includes tips,
geriatric drug calculations, sample situations, a
chapter on dimensional analysis, color drug labels,
pediatric chapter, chapter on heparin, insulin, IV
and critical care, and more. Previous edition:
c1996. Full-color illustrations. Softcover.
Paperback: 294 pages
Publisher: T J Designs; 6th edition (December 15,
2000)
Language: English
ISBN: 0939287129
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Clinical
Calculations: A Unified Approach
by Joanne M. Daniels, Loretta M. Smith
This text introduces dimensional analysis as the
method for calculating all drug dosages. The use of
a single, consistent method for dosage calculations
helps eliminate confusion, reduce errors, and build
confidence. Chapters include numerous examples,
practice problems, and self-quizzes to enable
students to monitor their progress, as well as
interactive CD-ROM. (medication, administration,
starting factor, conversion, equation, system of
measurement, oral, parenteral, intravenous,
pediatric, household, apothecary, metric, fractions,
decimals, ratio, percent, proportion, equations,
time, temperature)
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Thomson Delmar Learning; 4 edition
(September 1, 1998)
Language: English
ISBN: 0766801675 |
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