The book was developed in response to the increasing complexity of drug therapy, the need to avoid drug errors and to achieve patient safety and effective risk management measures. It will appeal to both pre-registration students and registered nurses. Nurses returning to practice will find it especially useful.
Introduction: Why this book is needed. 1. Methods of expressing strengths of medicines 2. Essential arithmetic 3. How to do a drug calculation 4. Calculating oral and other non-injectable doses 5. Calculating parenteral doses
Appendices: Abbreviations. Arithmetical Signs. Glossary. Self-assessment. Answers to questions about labels. Answers to calculations. Answers to self-assessment.