Nursing Drug Dosages And Their Calculations

This book Nursing Drug Dosages and their Calculations is an essential that nursing students, nurses and other health care providers to know the names and doses of drugs they are administering. This book is designed to be a practical and convenient guide to dose calculation and administration of medication in adults and pediatric patients, along with basic information of each drug (action, uses, brands, side effects and nursing considerations).   Book is organized in two sectionsSection 1 containing drug details based on therapeutic and pharmacological classification, Section 2 containing information on calculation of drug dosages under practically useful headings.  Dosages vary with the age, weight, surface area and disease, etc. Overdosing may lead to side effects and underdosing will lead to unsatisfactory response or development of resistance in cases of antibiotics.  Though all efforts have been made to avert any error in the text, drug doses and calculation of drug dosages; still any inadvertent error may creep in. In case of any doubt about any section, always check with another standard book. Due to everyday research it is advised to consult package insert before using drug. Nurses will be more confident in understanding drugs, calculating and administering medicines and will be able to provide care to their patients in a better way.