PREFACE vii
INTRODUCTION ix
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xiii
LATIN ABBREVIATIONS xv
THE 24-HOUR CLOCK xvii
Part 1: Diagnosis 1
1 CALCULATIONS REVISION 3
2 CALCULATIONS SELF-ASSESSMENT 23
Part 2: Understanding Nursing Calculations 27
3 METRIC UNITS AND CONVERSIONS 29
4 TABLETS AND CAPSULES 33
5 LIQUIDS AND INJECTABLES 39
6 SYRINGES AND MENISCUS 47
7 DISPLACEMENT VALUES 57
8 DOSAGES ACCORDING TO BODY WEIGHT 63
9 DRIP RATES 67
10 DRIP-RATE DURATION 73
11 SYRINGE DRIVERS AND PUMPS 77
12 PAEDIATRIC NURSING 85
Part 3: Putting It All Into Practice 97
13 FLUID CHARTS 99
14 MALNUTRITION UNIVERSAL SCREENING TOOL (MUST) ASSESSMENT 105
15 EARLY WARNING SCORE (EWS) ASSESSMENT 109
16 WATERLOW ASSESSMENT 115
17 PRESCRIPTION CHARTS 119
18 LOOKING AT BUDGETS 125
19 INTERPRETING DATA 129
20 EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 135
21 BODY MASS INDEX 139
Part 4: Testing Your Knowledge 143
22 KNOWLEDGE TESTS 145
ANSWERS TO ACTIVITY QUESTIONS 153
Part 5: Appendices 163
APPENDIX 1: FLUID CHART 165
APPENDIX 2: MALNUTRITION UNIVERSAL SCREENING TOOL 169
APPENDIX 3: BRISTOL OBSERVATION CHART 177
APPENDIX 4: WATERLOW PRESSURE ULCER
PREVENTION/TREATMENT POLICY 179
APPENDIX 5: CONVERSION TABLES 181
BIBLIOGRAPHY 183
INDEX 185
