Math for Nurses: A Pocket Guide to Dosage Calculation and Drug Preparation

Now in its Sixth Edition with a vivid new full-color design, this pocket guide is a compact, portable, easy-to-use reference for dosage calculation and drug administration. The author uses a step-by-step approach with frequent examples to illustrate problem-solving and practical applications. Coverage includes review of mathematics, measurement systems, and a comprehensive section on dosage calculations.

This edition features a new chapter on pediatric dosages. New Critical Thinking Checks and practice problems throughout the text, and end-of-chapter and end-of-unit review questions, will aid students' application and recall of material. A handy pull-out card contains basic equivalents, conversion factors, and math formulas.