When referring
to pharmaceuticals, we have used generic names whenever possible.
Proprietary (product) names have been used when the length or
complexity of the generic name would be unwieldy or potentially
confusing.
Sl
(International System) unit values are shown on occasion in
brackets and italics following the listing of conventional
unit values.
Throughout this
book we have used the female gender for nurses, the male gender
for doctors, and the male gender for patients of both sexes,
unless specific examples require otherwise. This avoids the
cumbersome use of both genders whenever nurses, doctors or
patients are mentioned. We have chosen this usage because, in the
United States
at present, the majority of nurses are female, and the majority of
doctors are male.
The author and
publisher have taken precautions to ensure that the information in
this book is error-free. However, readers must be guided by their
own personal and professional standards of good practice in
evaluating and applying recommendations made herein. The contents
of this book represent the views and experience of the author, and
not necessarily those of the publisher.
