Calculate with Confidence E-Book
Learn how to make accurate drug calculations and administer medications safely! Calculate with Confidence, 8th Edition makes it easy to understand the three major methods of dosage calculation — ratio and proportion, formula method, and dimensional analysis. Clear, step-by-step instructions guide you through accurate calculation and safe administration of drug dosages. Thousands of practice problems ensure that you gain proficiency, QSEN principles prioritize client safety, and an emphasis on clinical reasoning helps you prevent medication errors. New Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) case studies help in improving clinical judgment skills. With this popular text from educator Deborah C. Morris, you will learn to calculate drug dosages and administer medications with confidence. - Thousands of practice problems ensure that you gain proficiency with drug calculations. - Safety Alert boxes help you prevent medication errors and avoid errors in dosage calculation. - Tips for Clinical Practice boxes call out information critical to math calculation and patient safety, and summarize best practices in client care (a Clinical Judgment feature for the Next Generation NCLEX®, or NGN). - Rule boxes present instructions essential to math calculations and provide the information needed to accurately solve drug calculation problems. - Clinical Reasoning Scenarios discuss the safe administration of medications (also a Clinical Judgment feature for the NGN) and help you apply your knowledge to patient care. - Comprehensive Post-Test assesses your retention of the "big picture" concepts, with answers located in the back of the book. - Review of basic math, pre-tests, and post-tests allow you to evaluate your understanding of the material. - Medication Administration chapter covers medication safety, a discussion on client rights, the basic six rights of medication administration, and routes of medication administration. - Chapter review problems test your comprehension of all major topics, with the answers at the end of the chapter. - Points to Remember list bulleted key points from the chapter.
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Calculate with Confidence E-Book
Learn how to make accurate drug calculations and administer medications safely! Calculate with Confidence, 8th Edition makes it easy to understand the three major methods of dosage calculation — ratio and proportion, formula method, and dimensional analysis. Clear, step-by-step instructions guide you through accurate calculation and safe administration of drug dosages. Thousands of practice problems ensure that you gain proficiency, QSEN principles prioritize client safety, and an emphasis on clinical reasoning helps you prevent medication errors. New Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) case studies help in improving clinical judgment skills. With this popular text from educator Deborah C. Morris, you will learn to calculate drug dosages and administer medications with confidence. - Thousands of practice problems ensure that you gain proficiency with drug calculations. - Safety Alert boxes help you prevent medication errors and avoid errors in dosage calculation. - Tips for Clinical Practice boxes call out information critical to math calculation and patient safety, and summarize best practices in client care (a Clinical Judgment feature for the Next Generation NCLEX®, or NGN). - Rule boxes present instructions essential to math calculations and provide the information needed to accurately solve drug calculation problems. - Clinical Reasoning Scenarios discuss the safe administration of medications (also a Clinical Judgment feature for the NGN) and help you apply your knowledge to patient care. - Comprehensive Post-Test assesses your retention of the "big picture" concepts, with answers located in the back of the book. - Review of basic math, pre-tests, and post-tests allow you to evaluate your understanding of the material. - Medication Administration chapter covers medication safety, a discussion on client rights, the basic six rights of medication administration, and routes of medication administration. - Chapter review problems test your comprehension of all major topics, with the answers at the end of the chapter. - Points to Remember list bulleted key points from the chapter.
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Calculate with Confidence E-Book

Calculate with Confidence E-Book

by BSN Morris RN
Calculate with Confidence E-Book

Calculate with Confidence E-Book

by BSN Morris RN

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Learn how to make accurate drug calculations and administer medications safely! Calculate with Confidence, 8th Edition makes it easy to understand the three major methods of dosage calculation — ratio and proportion, formula method, and dimensional analysis. Clear, step-by-step instructions guide you through accurate calculation and safe administration of drug dosages. Thousands of practice problems ensure that you gain proficiency, QSEN principles prioritize client safety, and an emphasis on clinical reasoning helps you prevent medication errors. New Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) case studies help in improving clinical judgment skills. With this popular text from educator Deborah C. Morris, you will learn to calculate drug dosages and administer medications with confidence. - Thousands of practice problems ensure that you gain proficiency with drug calculations. - Safety Alert boxes help you prevent medication errors and avoid errors in dosage calculation. - Tips for Clinical Practice boxes call out information critical to math calculation and patient safety, and summarize best practices in client care (a Clinical Judgment feature for the Next Generation NCLEX®, or NGN). - Rule boxes present instructions essential to math calculations and provide the information needed to accurately solve drug calculation problems. - Clinical Reasoning Scenarios discuss the safe administration of medications (also a Clinical Judgment feature for the NGN) and help you apply your knowledge to patient care. - Comprehensive Post-Test assesses your retention of the "big picture" concepts, with answers located in the back of the book. - Review of basic math, pre-tests, and post-tests allow you to evaluate your understanding of the material. - Medication Administration chapter covers medication safety, a discussion on client rights, the basic six rights of medication administration, and routes of medication administration. - Chapter review problems test your comprehension of all major topics, with the answers at the end of the chapter. - Points to Remember list bulleted key points from the chapter.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780323696968
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Publication date: 09/30/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 728
File size: 224 MB
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Table of Contents

Unit One: Math ReviewPre-Test1. Fractions2. Decimals3. Ratio and Proportion4. PercentagesPost-TestUnit Two: Systems of Measurement5. Metric System6. Apothecary and Household Systems7. Converting Within and Between Systems8. Additional Conversions Useful in the Health Care SettingUnit Three: Methods of Administration and Calculation9. Medication Administration10. Understanding and Interpreting Medication Orders11. Medication Administration Records and Drug Distribution Systems12. Reading Medication Labels13. Dosage Calculation Using the Ratio and Proportion Method14. Dosage Calculation Using the Formula Method15. Dosage Calculation Using the Dimensional Analysis MethodUnit Four: Oral and Parenteral Dosage Forms, Insulin and Pediatric Dosage Calculations16. Calculation of Oral Medications17. Parenteral Medications18. Reconstitution of Solutions19. InsulinUnit Five: Intravenous, Heparin, and Critical Care Calculations and Pediatric Dosage Calculations20: Intravenous Solutions and Equipment21. Basic Intravenous Calculations22. Heparin Calculations23. Critical Care Calculations24. Pediatric and Adult Dosage Calculation Based on WeightComprehensive Post-TestBibliographyAppendix A: Apothecary SystemAppendix B: FDA and ISMP Lists of Look-Alike Drug Names with Recommended Tall Man LettersAppendix C: TJC's "Do Not Use List of AbbreviationsAppendix D: ISMP's List of Error-Prone Abbreviations, Symbols, and Dose DesignationsAppendix E: ISMP List of High-Alert Medications in Acute Care SettingsAppendix F: ISMP List of High-Alert Medications in Community/Ambulatory HealthcareIndexDrug Label Index
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