Clinical calculations : with applications to general and specialty areas / Joyce LeFever Kee, RN, MS, Associate Professor Emerita, College of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, Sally M. Marshall, RN, MSN, Formerly, Nursing Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Regional Office of Medical Center, Wilmington, Delaware, Katy Woods, RN, BSN, DNP-C, Nurse Anesthesia Specialty, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, Mary Catherine (Katie) Forrester, RN, MSN, ACNP-BC, Vanderbilt University Hospital Trauma and Burn Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Basic math review -- Part II: Systems, conversion, and methods of drug calculation -- 1. Systems used for drug administration and temperature conversion -- 2. Conversion within the metric, apothecary, and household systems -- 3. Interpretation of drug labels, drug orders, bar codes, MAR and eMAR, automation of medication dispensing administration, and abbreviations -- 4. Prevention of medication errors -- 5. Alternative methods for drug administration -- 6. Methods of calculation -- 7. Methods of calculation for individualized drug dosing -- Part III: Calculations for oral, injectable and intravenous drugs -- 8. Oral and enteral preparations with clinical applications -- 9. Injectable preparations with clinical applications -- 10. Insulin administration -- 11. Intravenous preparations with clinical applications -- Part IV: calculations for specialty areas -- 12. Pediatrics -- 13. Critical care -- 14. Pediatric critical care -- 15. Labor and delivery -- 16. Community -- Part V: Post-test: oral preparations, injectables, intravenous, and pediatrics -- Appendix A: Guidelines for administration of medications -- Appendix B: Nomograms.

"Clinical Calculations: With Applications to General and Specialty Areas, 8th Edition covers all four major drug calculation methods — ratio & proportion, formula, fractional equation, and dimensional analysis. It also includes practice problems not only for general care but also for specialty areas such as pediatrics and critical care. A new chapter covers insulin administration, and concise, illustrated information includes the latest medications, drug administration techniques, and devices. Written by a team of experts led by Joyce Kee, Clinical Calculations makes it easy to understand drug calculation and emphasizes patient safety above all else." --Publisher's website.