Kerri Wright

Drug Calculations for Nurses (eBook, PDF)

Context for Practice

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This innovative text uses a 'common sense' approach to introduce students to real-life medication problems. Featuring a range of exercises and assessments and supported by an interactive companion website, this is the perfect handbook for anyone seeking to improve their numeracy skills for medication administration.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230344532
• Artikelnr.: 62943186

Autorenporträt

KERRI WRIGHT is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Acute and Continuing Care at the School of Health and Social Care, University of Greenwich, UK. Kerri teaches drug calculation skills to pre and post-registration nursing students. Her main interests are primary care, continuing care and district nursing. Her current research interests are in caring for the terminally ill from a district nurse's perspective, assessing and decision making.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
PART I: DRUG CALCULATIONS IN CONTEXT
Back to Basics! Calculating and Understanding Simple Medicine Dosages
The Next Step! Medicines Expressed as Weight/Volume Strengths
The Final Step! Calculations Involving Continuous Infusions
PART II: PRACTICE AND ASSESSMENT
Maths Fitness Programme - Practice, Practice, Practice
How Much Have I Learnt? A chance to Evaluate your Learning
Answers!.