Learn to calculate drug dosages accurately with this practical workbook-textbook! Calculation of Drug Dosages, 12th Edition makes it easy to understand and master the three major methods of dosage calculation - dimensional analysis, ratio and proportion, and the formula method. A basic review of mathematics refreshes your math skills, and practice problems, worksheets, and practice tests help you gain confidence in making drug calculations. New to this edition are Next Generation NCLEX (R) (NGN) practice problems preparing you for the critical thinking questions on the NGN exam. Written by nursing experts Sheila Ogden and Linda Fluharty, this worktext is ideal for students and for nurses returning to practice Learning objectives keep you focused and explain what you should accomplish upon the completion of each chapter. Logical structure organizes the material from simple to complex, making it easier to build upon and retain knowledge. Extensive math review covers the basic math skills essential for accurate calculation of drug dosages and helps you identify your strengths and weaknesses. Chapter worksheets allow you to practice solving realistic problems. Post-tests at the end of each chapter allow you to assess your understanding of content. Alert boxes highlight information crucial to math calculation and patient safety. Comprehensive post-test at the end of the book offers additional practice and measures your overall understanding. 40 flash cards on the Evolve website make it easy to study and review abbreviations, formulas, and conversions from the book. NEW! Next Generation NCLEX (R) practice problems and case studies progress from simple to complex concepts and are included in chapters throughout the text. NEW! Coverage of heparin drip calculation describes how to calculate and administer an IV weight-based heparin bolus from the IV heparin. NEW! Added IV coverage is included in the IV Flow Rates and IV Flow Rates for Dosages Measured in Units chapters. NEW! Updated drug information and medication labels are added to this edition.

The Good Parenting Food Guide offers straightforward advice for how to encourage children to develop a healthy, unproblematic approach to eating. * Explores key aspects of children s eating behavior, including how children learn to like food, the role of food in their life and how habits are formed and can be changed * Discusses common problems with children s diets, including picky eating, under-eating, overeating, obesity, eating disorders and how to deal with a child who is critical of how they look * Turns current research and data into practical tips * Filled with practical solutions, take home points, drawings, and photos * Mumsnet Blue Badge Award Winner

With its primary focus on the psychology of eating from a social, health, and clinical perspective, the second edition of "The" "Psychology of Eating: " "From" "Healthy to" "Disordered" "Behavior" presents an overview of the latest research into a wide range of eating-related behaviors Features the most up-to-date research relating to eating behaviorIntegrates psychological knowledge with several other disciplinesWritten in a lively, accessible styleSupplemented with illustrations and maps to make literature more approachable

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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

Learning that you have breast cancer is a shocking experience.

Not only are people fearful of their future, they are also faced with difficult choices about treatment and worries about its impact on themselves, their family and friends.

"Understanding Breast Cancer" includes essential information and practical advice on coping with every aspect of breast cancer, including:

• The treatment options available.
• Coming to terms with the psychological impact.
• Breast reconstruction and prostheses.
• Complementary therapies and diet.
• Breast cancer, pregnancy and fertility.

Joy Ogden is a health journalist who uses her own encounter with breast cancer to answer the questions of others in a similar situation. She talks to many such women, and men, about their experiences of diagnosis and treatment, and includes their stories here.

With its primary focus on the psychology of eating from a social, health, and clinical perspective, the second edition of "The" "Psychology of Eating: " "From" "Healthy to" "Disordered" "Behavior" presents an overview of the latest research into a wide range of eating-related behaviors Features the most up-to-date research relating to eating behaviorIntegrates psychological knowledge with several other disciplinesWritten in a lively, accessible styleSupplemented with illustrations and maps to make literature more approachable