| Description |
1 online resource (306 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Pralims -- Half title -- title -- Imprint -- Brief contents -- Contents -- About the book -- About the author -- Acknowledgements -- Guide to the text -- Guide to the online resources -- Part 1: Fundamental skills -- Chapter 1: Basic mathematics -- Introduction -- Basic arithmetic -- Fractions and decimals -- Ratios and percentages -- Chapter 2: Units of measurement -- Introduction -- Systems of measurement: an overview -- Measuring solids -- Measuring liquids -- Chapter 3: Medication charts -- Introduction -- Inpatient charts used in Australia and New Zealand |
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The legality of the medication chart -- Adverse reactions and allergies -- Once only, premedication and nurse-initiated medications -- Telephone/verbal orders -- Regular medications -- PRN medications -- VTE prophylaxis -- Warfarin orders -- Variable dose medication -- National Residential Medication Chart -- Oxygen therapy and medicalgases -- Seven 'rights' for safe medication administration -- 10 steps for safe use of a medication chart -- Chapter 4: Using quality and risk management principles in dosage calculations -- Introduction -- Quality in the use and administration of medicines |
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Principles of risk management -- Risks with dosage calculations -- Chapter 5: General dosage calculations -- Introduction -- Medication calculations: dose per kilogram -- Medication calculations: tablets and capsules -- Medication calculations: liquids and concentrations -- Chapter 6: Infusion calculations -- Introduction -- Types of infusion delivery -- Approaching infusion calculations -- Calculating rates for infusions -- Changing from a gravity feed (dpm) to a volumetric pump (mL/h) -- How long until the infusion is finished -- Changes to the infusion rate |
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Calculating more complex rates for infusions -- Part 2: Skills deepening -- Chapter 7: Paediatric calculations -- Introduction -- Dose per kilogram -- Body surface area -- Displacement values (powder volumes) when reconstituting powdered IV medications -- Practical calculations -- Chapter 8: Aged care calculations -- Introduction -- Polypharmacy -- Cutting and crushing tablets -- Tablets with special coatings -- Chapter 9: Midwifery calculations -- Introduction -- Pain relief in labour -- Chapter 10: Mental health calculations -- Introduction |
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Types of calculations commonly used in mental health -- Chapter 11: Critical care and high dependency dosage calculations -- Introduction -- General principles for solving calculations in units/min and units/body weight/min -- Infusion calculations -- units per minute (microg/min or mg/min) -- Infusion calculations -- units per body weight per minute (microg/kg/min or mg/kg/min) -- Infusion calculations -- bolus infusion doses -- Medicine calculations -- liquids and concentrations -- Chapter 12: Oncology calculations -- Introduction -- Types of calculations commonly performed in oncology |
| Notes |
Part 3: Skills practice |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Drugs -- Dosage forms.
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Dosage Forms
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Drugs -- Dosage forms
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| Reading List |
HNN215 recommended text 2024
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rafferty, Kate
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| ISBN |
9780170286466 |
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0170286460 |
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