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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, 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, patient safety is prioritized, and an emphasis on clinical judgment helps you prevent medication errors. Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Exam-style case studies help you improve clinical judgment skills. With this popular text from trusted educator Deborah C. Morris, you will learn to calculate drug dosages and administer medications with confidence and a high degree of patient safety! More than 2,000 practice problems include a pre-test and a comprehensive post-test review. Three-part approach to evaluating basic math skills includes a pre-test, comprehensive unit, and review tests. Medication Administration chapter covers medication safety, a discussion of client rights, the basic six rights of medication administration, and routes of medication administration. Chapter review problems (with answer key) test all major topics presented in the chapter and help you assess your understanding of chapter content. Safety Alert boxes highlight issues that may lead to medication errors and empower you to identify actions that must be taken to avoid calculation errors. Tips for Clinical Practice boxes call attention to information critical to math calculation and patient safety and equip you with the tools needed to follow best practices in patient care. Rule boxes present important instructions essential to math calculations and familiarize you with information needed to accurately solve drug calculation problems. Clinical Reasoning Scenarios discuss safety issues related to medication administration. Points to Remember feature provides bulleted key points from the chapter. NEW! Intravitreal route is now included in the discussion of routes of medication administration Expanded medication error information includes “near-miss “errors Updated content features newer drugs and the most up-to-date labels for all medications Expanded discussion of oral medications features improved format with charts for easier reading Expanded discussion on types of insulin includes a discussion of insulin-to-carbohydrate ratio and updates on the types of syringes available, including the U-50 dual syringe Updated Heparin chapter covers target-specific anticoagulants This title is also available in Sherpath! Sold separately, this innovative teaching and learning technology offers interactive course content and resources that streamline class preparation and assessment and give students personalized help to reach their learning goals. Sherpath fully includes the ebook of this title for all-in-one digital course delivery.

Table of Contents:
Unit One: Math Review Pre-Test 1. Fractions 2. Decimals 3. Ratio and Proportion 4. Percentages Post-Test Unit Two: Systems of Measurement 5. Metric System 6. Apothecary and Household Systems and Additional Measures Used in Medication Administration 7. Converting Within and Between Systems 8. Additional Conversions Useful in the Health Care Setting Unit Three: Methods of Administration and Calculation 9. Medication Administration 10. Understanding and Interpreting Medication Orders 11. Medication Administration Records and Medication Distribution Systems 12. Reading Medication Labels 13. Dosage Calculation Using the Ratio and Proportion Method 14. Dosage Calculation Using the Formula Method 15. Dosage Calculation Using the Dimensional Analysis Method Unit Four: Oral and Parenteral Dosage Forms and Insulin 16. Oral Medications 17. Parenteral Medications 18. Reconstitution of Solutions 19. Insulin Unit Five: Intravenous, Heparin, and Critical Care Calculations and Pediatric and Adult Calculations Based on Weight 20: Intravenous Solutions and Equipment 21. Basic Intravenous Calculations 22. Heparin Calculations 23. Critical Care Calculations 24. Pediatric and Adult Dosage Calculation Based on Weight Comprehensive Post-Test References Appendices A: Apothecary System B: FDA and ISMP Lists of Look-Alike Drug Names with Recommended Tall Man Letters C: TJC’s “Do Not Use” List of Abbreviations D: ISMP’s List of Error-Prone Abbreviations, Symbols, and Dose Designations E: ISMP List of High-Alert Medications in Acute Care Settings F: ISMP List of High-Alert Medications in Community/Ambulatory Healthcare Index Drug Label Index


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780443127328
  • Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
  • Publisher Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
  • Height: 276 mm
  • No of Pages: 728
  • Width: 216 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0443127328
  • Publisher Date: 20 Jan 2026
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 450 gr


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