Dosage Calculations 9th Edition Pickar Test Bank

Dosage Calculations 9th Edition Pickar Test Bank

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781439058473
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1439058473
• Author: Gloria D. Pickar, Amy Pickar-Abernethy

Best-selling DOSAGE CALCULATIONS, 9th Edition features the three-step approach to basic and advanced Formula Method calculations that nursing and other health care professionals prefer, along with a reader-friendly writing style and handy “work text” format. In addition to easing readers into the math with a thorough review, the book uses a logic-based process to build confidence and limit anxiety. Featuring full-color images of drug labels, critical thinking assessments, extensive clinical examples, and a host of interactive supplements, including an accompanying online tutorial, DOSAGE CALCULATIONS, 9th Edition provides the skills needed to master dosage calculations in any clinical setting!

Table contents: 

1. Section 1: Pretest and Mathematics Review
2. Essential Skills Evaluation: Pretest
3. Essential Skills Evaluation: Pretest Answer Sheet
4. Ch 1: Fractions and Decimals
5. Fractions
6. Decimals
7. Ch 2: Ratios, Percents, Simple Equations, and Ratio-Proportion
8. Ratios and Percents
9. Solving Simple Equations for X
10. Ratio-Proportion: Cross-Multiplying to Solve for X
11. Finding the Percentage of a Quantity
12. Section 1 Self-Evaluation
13. Section 2: Measurement Systems, Drug Orders, and Drug Labels
14. Ch 3: Systems of Measurement
15. Metric System
16. Apothecary and Household Systems
17. Other Common Drug Measurements: Units and Milliequivalents
18. Ch 4: Conversions: Metric and Household Systems
19. Identifying Need for Unit Conversion
20. Converting from One Unit to Another Using the Conversion Factor Method
21. Converting within the Metric System
22. Approximate Equivalents
23. Converting between Systems of Measurement Using the Conversion Factor Method
24. Ch 5: Conversions for Other Clinical Applications: Time and Temperature
25. Converting between Traditional and International Time
26. Converting between Celsius and Fahrenheit Temperature
27. Ch 6: Equipment Used in Dosage Measurement
28. Oral Administration
29. Parenteral Administration
30. Ch 7: Interpreting Drug Orders
31. Medical Abbreviations
32. The Drug Order
33. Medication Order and Administration Forms
34. Computerized Medication Administration Systems
35. Ch 8: Understanding Drug Labels
36. Brand and Generic Names
37. Dosage Strength
38. Form
39. Supply Dosage
40. Total Volume
41. Administration Route
42. Directions for Mixing or Reconstituting
43. Label Alerts
44. Name of the Manufacturer
45. Expiration Date
46. Lot or Control Numbers
47. National Drug Code (NDC)
48. Controlled Substance Schedule
49. Barcode Symbols
50. United States Pharmacopeia (USP) and National Formulary (NF)
51. Unit- or Single-Dose Labels
52. Combination Drugs
53. Supply Dosage Expressed as a Ratio or Percent
54. Checking Labels
55. Ch 9: Preventing Medication Errors
56. Prescription
57. Transcription
58. Safe Medication Administration
59. The Nurse’s Critical Role in Medication Error Prevention
60. Section 2 Self-Evaluation
61. Section 3: Drug Dosage Calculations
62. Ch 10: Oral Dosage of Drugs
63. Tablets and Capsules
64. Three-Step Approach to Dosage Calculations
65. Oral Liquids
66. Ch 11: Parenteral Dosage of Drugs
67. Injectable Solutions
68. High-Alert Parenteral Medications
69. Ch 12: Reconstitution of Solutions
70. Solution Properties
71. Reconstitution of Injectable Medications in Powder Form
72. Types of Reconstituted Parenteral Solutions
73. Reconstituted Parenteral Solutions with Various Routes
74. Reconstitution of Noninjectable Solutions
75. Topical Solutions and Irrigants
76. Oral and Enteral Feedings
77. Ch 13: Pediatric and Adult Dosages Based on Body Weight
78. Administering Medications to Children
79. Converting Pounds to Kilograms
80. Body Weight Method for Calculating Safe Pediatric Dosage
81. Combination Drugs
82. Adult Dosages Based on Body Weight
83. Ch 14: Alternative Dosage Calculation Methods: Ratio-Proportion and Dimensional Analysis
84. Converting Using the Ratio-Proportion Method
85. Using Ratio-Proportion to Calculate Dosages
86. Using Dimensional Analysis to Calculate Dosages
87. Section 3 Self-Evaluation
88. Section 4: Advanced Calculations
89. Ch 15: Intravenous Solutions, Equipment, and Calculations
90. IV Solutions
91. Calculating Components of IV Solutions When Expressed as a Percent
92. IV Sites
93. Monitoring IVs
94. Primary and Secondary IVs
95. Blood Administration Tubing
96. IV Flow Rate
97. Electronically-Regulated IVs
98. Calculating Flow Rates for Infusion Pumps in mL/h
99. Manually-Regulated IVs
100. Calculating Flow Rates for Manually-Regulated IVs in gtt/min
101. Adjusting IV Flow Rate
102. Intermittent IV Infusions
103. Calculating IV Infusion Time and Volume
104. Ch 16: Body Surface Area and Advanced Pediatric Calculations
105. Body Surface Area Method
106. Pediatric Volume Control Sets
107. Minimal Dilutions for IV Medications
108. Calculation of Daily Volume for Maintenance Fluids
109. Ch 17: Advanced Adult Intravenous Calculations
110. Calculating IV Dosages and Flow Rates Using Clinical Protocols
111. Critical Care IV Calculations: Calculating Flow Rate of an IV Medication to be Given over a Specifie
112. Limiting Infusion Volumes
113. Section 4: Self-Evaluation
114. Essential Skills Evaluation: Posttest
115. Comprehensive Skills Evaluation

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