Description:
CALCULATE WITH CONFIDENCE offers a clear consistent format with a step-by-step approach to the calculation and administration of drug dosages for easy comprehension. The new 3rd edition includes ratio and proportion, formula and dimensional analysis, the most common methods used in clinical practice. A full-color presentation of over 200 drug labels, syringes, and other illustrations help students simulate clinical reality. Chapter objectives, chapter practice problems and reviews, Points to Remember boxes, Critical Thinking to Avoid Drug Calculation Errors boxes, new marginal notes, a user-friendly answer key, and an extensive math review are all provided on convenient, perforated, 3-hole punched pages. The 3rd Edition, features two new chapters, Additional Conversions Useful in Health Care Settings and Dimensional Analysis; and includes a FREE interactive companion, Daugherty and Roman's Dosages and Solutions CD. This useful CD provides additional practice problems for the ration and proportion, formula, fractional equation and dimensional analysis calculations methods.
Provides a clear consistent format with a step-by-step approach to the calculation and administration of drug dosages for easy comprehension.
An basic math review along with a pretest and posttest are featured at the beginning of the text to help students refresh their mathematical skills and identify areas that need or do not need review.
Includes 'Critical Thinking to Avoid Drug Calculation Errors' boxes throughout the text
All syringe illustrations have been distinctly shaded for accurate visualization of dosages
A comprehensive post-test is provided at the end of the book to allow students to measure their progress and competency. Answers are found at the back of the book in the answer key section.
A new, more user friendly, four color design is incorporated throughout
Features more than 200 drug labels along with syringes and illustrations in full color
Includes an easy to locate Answer Key for the pre-test, post-test and all chapter review problems and practice problems
New Chapter 9: Additional Conversions Useful in Health Care Settings chapter is included to focus on other measurements relevant in the health care setting such as converting between Celsius and Fahrenheit, pounds to kilograms and kilograms to pounds, and units of length to inches, centimeters and millimeters
New Chapter 24: Dimensional Analysis chapter is included to provide exposure to this method of calculation which is growing popular in nursing and allied health professions
Daugherty and Roman's Dosages and Solutions CD ROM Companion will be packaged with each copy of text. This CD provides additional practice problems for the ration and proportion, formula, fractional equation and dimensional analysis calculations methods
Marginal Notes are featured throughout to highlight key information to remember for clinical practice. They also provide a work text format with addition space for students to figure their calculations
