Beschreibung:
A step-by-step guide to calculating the correct medication dosages. Using realistic hospital scenarios, this is a must for undergraduate nursing students.
Nursing Calculations in ContextPart IModule 1 - Basic skills* Introductory assessment* Basic mathematics: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division* Fractions * The metric system* Practice exercises, scenarios and answersModule 2 - Medications* Oral medications: Tablets and mixtures* Intravenous fluid management and naso-gastric feeding* Parenteral medications* Practice exercises, scenarios and answersPart IIModule 3 - Injections* Intravenous bolus dosages, as a 'push', via a volumetric pump.* Exercises and scenarios include calculating doses for the following patient conditions: Appendicectomy, cholecystectomy, pylonephritis, diabetes and pregnancy, myocardial infarction, alcoholism, infected leg ulcer, CVA, hypertension, abdominal pain, tonsillectomy, epilepsy, ovarian cyst, severe diarrhoea, dehydration, haemorrhoidectomy. Module 4