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Drug Calculations: Process and Problems for Clinical Practice |  | Authors: Meta Brown RN Med, Joyce L. Mulholland APRN BC MA MS
Publisher: Mosby
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 57692
Media: Paperback
Edition: 8
Pages: 512
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0323045766
Dewey Decimal Number: 615.1401513043
EAN: 9780323045766
ASIN: 0323045766
Publication Date: October 8, 2007
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Product Description
This popular worktext provides all the information, explanation, and practice you need to competently and confidently calculate drug dosages using the ratio and proportion method. Full-color chapters present material from simple to complex, following a step-by-step format for each problem. The answer key includes a unique "proof" step, ensuring that you understand each calculation and can easily double-check your answers.
- Ratio and proportion method used throughout presents a logical, accurate, and consistent method of calculation.
- Step-by-step format of problems includes a unique "proof" step in the answer key to ensure that you understand the solution.
- Clinical Alerts integrated throughout warn you about potential and common drug dosage and calculation errors.
- Critical Thinking Exercises with a variety of patient scenarios help you gain practice integrating computation and analytical skills for optimum patient safety.
- Chapter objectives and introductions help you prepare for learning and focus on what you should accomplish.
- Worksheets follow each section, giving you the practice you need to master math calculations.
- Multiple-Choice worksheets feature answers completely worked out in the answer key, giving you the opportunity to use critical thinking skills to analyze possible answers, discard incorrect responses and select the correct answer.
- A Comprehensive Final covers all topics in the book and allows you to evaluate your overall mastery of drug calculations.
- Full-color drug labels and equipment illustrations provide a realistic representation of medication administration.
- Drug Calculations Student CD-ROM (Version III, packaged with the text) is an updated, interactive tutorial with a brand-new design for easier navigation. Covering various drug calculation topics (such as oral, parenteral, pediatric, and intravenous), it includes animations and interactive exercises, plus 565 practice problems covering ratio and proportion, formula, and dimensional analysis methods, and a comprehensive post-test.
- Current guidelines from The Joint Commission (TJC) and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) help you reduce medication errors and increase patient safety.
- Over 150 new practice problems increase your opportunities to practice and apply what you've learned.
- Updated drug labels and equipment photos (including pumps and IV equipment) familiarize you with what you will encounter in the clinical setting.
- New content in the Safe Medication Administration chapter features critical abbreviations, quizzes, and a comprehensive summary of safe medication practices for improved patient safety and quality care.
- Updated coverage of insulin including new worksheets on insulin dosages and new products that currently on the market to better prepare students for the clinical setting.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Bad Turned Good August 9, 2009
A. Jenkins
This was a brand new book. I received it in a reasonable time but this book was a mess. The corners were all bent, there were pages crinkled, and about 20 pages in the back were torn halfway up off the binding. I did return it and I got a new one very fast without any charge. I was very pleased with the whole return process, and customer service couldn't have been nicer.
 Many typos and inconsistencies in answers September 13, 2009
Balsamfir (Mountains)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book has a useful format, but it is riddled with typos and inconsistency between the instructions and the answers given. The errors are so many that it interferes with a beginner's ability to learn. I know all books have a few wrong answers in the back, but this numbers in the 10-20 per chapter range, sometimes more. I hope they reedit it, because I did like the design. If they do, they should expand the conversions section to include more household and apothecary problems. The CD is just a condensed version of the book, no new problems to work on.
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