This fully updated Fifth Edition prepares the reader for any dosing challenge with a practical, step-by-step review of basic math skills, dosage calculation, and the fundamentals of safe and effective drug administration.

Henke's Med-Math covers dosage calculations for commonly administered oral medications, liquid injections, injections from powders, basic and advanced IV calculations, and pediatric dosage calculations.

A free CD-ROM includes more than 15 minutes of video clips on safe medication administration, a dosage calculation tool, and access to free additional ddosage calculation quizzes.

Contents

1. Arithmetic needed for dosage
2. Interpreting the language of prescriptions
3. Drug labels and packaging
4. Metric, apothecary, and household systems of measurement
5. Drug preparations and equipment to measure doses
6. Calculations of oral medications—solids and liquids
7. Liquids for injection
8. Calculation of basic IV drip rates
9. Special types of intravenous calculations
10. Dosage problems for infants and children
11. Dimensional Analysis
12. Information basic to administering drugs
13. Administration procedures

Index

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