Table of Contents
Section I: Renewing Math Skills
1. Decimals: Relative Value, Addition, and Subtraction
2. Decimals: Multiplication and Division
3. Fractions: Reduction and Equations
Section II: Systems of Measurement
4. Units of Measure
5. Conversion
Section III: Calculations for the Clinical Setting
6. Percentages
7. Ratio and Proportion
8. Body Weight
Section IV: Reading Medication Labels and Using Syringes
9. Using Syringes
10. Oral Medications
11. Parenteral Medications
12. Reconstituting Medications
Section V: Methods of Administering Medications
13. Unit Dose, Card System, and Computerized Medication System
14. Medication Records
Section VI: Intravenous Fluid Calculations
15. Introduction to Intravenous Therapy
Section VII: Unique Calculations
16. Calculating Intravenous Heparin Dosages
17. Insulin
18. Calculating Sliding Scale Insulin Dosage
19. Intake and Output
Section VIII: Calculations in Special Care Units
20. Oncology
21. Pediatrics
22. Intensive Care Unit
Answer Key
Index
