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Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Calculating the number of tablets or volume of elixir
3. Calculating the volume for injections
4. Calculating IV Fluid Infusion Rates for Fluids with Gravity Feed Infusion Sets
5. Calculating drug infusion rates
6. Suggested reading

Suggested reading

Bayt PT (1999) Administering medications (4^th edition). London: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill.

Downie G, MacKenzie J and Williams A (1995) Pharmacology and drug management for nurses. London: Churchill Livingstone.

Downie G, MacKenzie J and Williams A (2006) Calculating drug doses safely. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.

Gatford JD and Philips N (2006) Nursing calculations (7^th edition). Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.

Gee Gordon E (1994) Calculations for health and social care. London: Hodder and Staughton.

Holderness J (1987) GCSE Mathematics: Foundation level. Ormskirk: Causeway Press.

Hutton M (1998) Numeracy skills for intravenous calculations. Nursing Standard. 12 (43), 49-56.

Ogden SJ (2003) The calculation of drug dosages (7^th edition). London: Mosby.

O'Shea (1999) Factors contributing to medication errors; a literature review. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 8 (5), 496-504.

Sackheim GI and Robins L (1991) Programmed mathematics for nurses.(7^th edition). London: McGraw Hill.

Trim J (2004) Clinical Skills: A practical guide to working out drug calculations. British Journal of Nursing. 13 (10), 602-606.

Utton BM (1998) Nursing mathematics: the importance of application. Nursing Standard. 13, 35-38.

Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2007) Standards for medicines management. Downloadable at: http://www.nmc-uk.org/Publications/Standards/ (accessed 15/09/2011).