,
, EDITION
8
A POCKET GUIDE TO
DOSAGE CALCULATION AND
DRUG PREPARATION
Mary Jo Boyer, RN, PhD
Vice Provost and Vice President
Branch Campus Operations
Adjunct Nursing Faculty
Former Dean and Professor of Nursing
Delaware County Community College
Media, Pennsylvania
, Acquisitions Editor: Hilarie Surrena
Product Manager: Laura Scott
Design Coordinator: Joan Wendt
Illustration Coordinator: Brett MacNaughton
Manufacturing Coordinator: Karin Duffield
Prepress Vendor: Aptara, Inc.
8th edition
Copyright © 2013 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins.
Copyright © 2009 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins. Copyright © 2006 and 2002 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Copyright © 1998 Lippincott-Raven Publishers. Copyright © 1994
J.B. Lippincott Company. All rights reserved. This book is protected
by copyright. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted
in any form or by any means, including as photocopies or scanned-in
or other electronic copies, or utilized by any information storage and
retrieval system without written permission from the copyright owner,
except for brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
Materials appearing in this book prepared by individuals as part of
their official duties as U.S. government employees are not covered by
the above-mentioned copyright. To request permission, please contact
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins at 2001 Market Street, Philadelphia,
PA 19103, via email at , or via our website at
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9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Printed in China
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Boyer, Mary Jo.
Math for nurses : a pocket guide to dosage calculation and drug
preparation / Mary Jo Boyer.—8th ed.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-60913-680-2 (alk. paper)
I. Title.
[DNLM: 1. Pharmaceutical Preparations–administration & dosage–
Handbooks. 2. Pharmaceutical Preparations–administration & dosage–
Nurses’ Instruction. 3. Dosage Forms–Handbooks. 4. Dosage
Forms–Nurses’ Instruction. 5. Drug Dosage Calculations–Handbooks.
6. Drug Dosage Calculations–Nurses’ Instruction. 7. Mathematics–
Handbooks. 8. Mathematics–Nurses’ Instruction. QV 735]
LC classification not assigned
615.1′4—dc23
2011030507
, EDITION
8
A POCKET GUIDE TO
DOSAGE CALCULATION AND
DRUG PREPARATION
Mary Jo Boyer, RN, PhD
Vice Provost and Vice President
Branch Campus Operations
Adjunct Nursing Faculty
Former Dean and Professor of Nursing
Delaware County Community College
Media, Pennsylvania
, Acquisitions Editor: Hilarie Surrena
Product Manager: Laura Scott
Design Coordinator: Joan Wendt
Illustration Coordinator: Brett MacNaughton
Manufacturing Coordinator: Karin Duffield
Prepress Vendor: Aptara, Inc.
8th edition
Copyright © 2013 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins.
Copyright © 2009 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins. Copyright © 2006 and 2002 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Copyright © 1998 Lippincott-Raven Publishers. Copyright © 1994
J.B. Lippincott Company. All rights reserved. This book is protected
by copyright. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted
in any form or by any means, including as photocopies or scanned-in
or other electronic copies, or utilized by any information storage and
retrieval system without written permission from the copyright owner,
except for brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
Materials appearing in this book prepared by individuals as part of
their official duties as U.S. government employees are not covered by
the above-mentioned copyright. To request permission, please contact
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins at 2001 Market Street, Philadelphia,
PA 19103, via email at , or via our website at
lww.com (products and services).
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Printed in China
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Boyer, Mary Jo.
Math for nurses : a pocket guide to dosage calculation and drug
preparation / Mary Jo Boyer.—8th ed.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-60913-680-2 (alk. paper)
I. Title.
[DNLM: 1. Pharmaceutical Preparations–administration & dosage–
Handbooks. 2. Pharmaceutical Preparations–administration & dosage–
Nurses’ Instruction. 3. Dosage Forms–Handbooks. 4. Dosage
Forms–Nurses’ Instruction. 5. Drug Dosage Calculations–Handbooks.
6. Drug Dosage Calculations–Nurses’ Instruction. 7. Mathematics–
Handbooks. 8. Mathematics–Nurses’ Instruction. QV 735]
LC classification not assigned
615.1′4—dc23
2011030507
