Common drug measures are introducted next, followed by detailed lessons on medication labels and dosage calculations. Instructions on body weight and body surface area, intravenous calculations, and pediatric medication calculations follow. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version. Includes all testable terms, concepts, persons, places, and events. Cram Just the FACTS studyguides gives all of the outlines, highlights, and quizzes for your textbook with optional online comprehensive practice tests.
A consistent chapter format includes objectives, essential prior knowledge, equipment needed, estimated time to complete the chapter, key vocabulary, and more. Rapid Practice exercises follow each new topic with multiple practice problems, so you can apply concepts immediately.
A full-color design includes a special margin section so you can work out practice problems on the spot. Mnemonics make memorization easier and save time in learning. Test tips enhance your comprehension and improve test-taking skills and comfort level. Red arrow alerts call attention to critical math concepts and patient safety theory. Clinical Relevance boxes help you apply medication-related concepts to practice. FAQ and Answers are derived from students' actual classroom questions, and are especially useful if you are studying outside of a classroom environment.
Ask Yourself questions help in synthesizing information and reinforcing understanding. Communication boxes include sample nurse-patient and nurse-prescriber dialogues that illustrate clinical application of medication administration.
Cultural boxes describe selected math notation and medication-related cultural practices. TJC and ISMP recommendations for abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols are used to reduce medication errors, increase patient safety, and ensure compliance with agency regulations. Online and print references provide opportunities for further research and study.
Two chapter finals are included at the end of each chapter. Answer key in the back of the book provides step-by-step solutions to the Rapid Practice exercises, chapter finals, and comprehensive finals so you can pinpoint specific areas for further review. A red flag icon calls attention to high-risk medications. Updated trends in safer medication administration help in reducing sentinel events and adverse drug events.
Practice problems are more clinically relevant and organized from simple to complex. Additional clinical relevance, communication, and cultural boxes help prevent errors by offering a variety of examples from clinical practice. Updated content includes: More realistic fraction and decimal problems Expanded Total Parenteral Nutrition TPN section with a typical order, common errors, and current guidelines to reduce errors Updated coverage of pediatric medication.
Dimensional Analysis for Meds, International Edition, will set your feet on the right path to accuracy and aptitude in medication calculations. For courses in medical dosage calculation in departments of nursing, pharmacy, pre-med, pre-dental, and other health disciplines; and for courses covering dosage calculation in other programs, such as pharmacology, pediatrics and critical care.
Using the dimensional analysis format it pioneered, students begin with simple arithmetic, progressing to the most complex drug calculations. As they develop mathematical skills for accurate dosage calculations, they also gain a thorough professional understanding of safe drug administration.
Compared with competitors, our text contains deeper, more realistic problems, incorporating actual dosages and requiring real critical thinking. The Nurse, The Math, The Meds, 3rd Edition helps you overcome any math anxiety you may have by clearly explaining how to use the dimensional analysis method.
Calculating dosages has never been so easy! Utilizing the method of dimensional analysis, the material is presented in a building-block format that encourages step-by-step learning. A terrific resource for the novice or as a refresher for practitioners, the second edition of this popular text includes hundreds of brilliant full color photographs of drug labels, equipment, and medication administration records.
With convenient running answers for immediate feedback to the problems and "key" icons that unlock the secrets of successfully calculating dosages, this text is both practical and enjoyable. Master the critical skills necessary to competently and confidently calculate drug dosages using Calculation of Drug Dosages.
Written by Sheila J. Ogden, MSN, RN and Linda Fluharty, RNC, MSN, this updated 9th Edition provides you with an extensive review of essential math concepts before introducing and clearly explaining the ratio and proportion, formula, and dimensional analysis methods of drug calculation. The book's popular "worktext" format builds on concepts as you go and reinforces what you learn with over 1, practice problems.
Identify your strengths and weaknesses with an extensive math review, covering the basic math skills essential for accurate calculation of drug dosages. Use chapter worksheets to practice solving realistic problems. Assess your understanding of chapter content using post-tests at the end of each chapter. Retain content more easily and build on your prior knowledge through a logical organization.
Get additional practice and accurately gauge your overall understanding with a comprehensive post-test at the end of the book. Stay focused with learning objectives that explain what you should accomplish upon completion of each chapter. Know the latest drugs and technology used in the market with updated drug labels and equipment photos. Study at your own pace with 25 flash cards, now on Evolve, containing abbreviations, formulas, and conversions from the book. Check your work and see your mistakes with a detailed step-by-step answer key.
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