Description
Ideal for diverse learning styles and circumstances, Drug Calculations Online to accompany Macklin: Math for Clinical Practice can be used as a complete course or as an interactive course supplement.

Drug Calculations Online teaches you strong math skills and provides a platform for you to apply these skills to completing calculations and drug administration. This online course is unique, innovative, and affordable, and it combines dynamic content, practice, and assessment into one resource that can be used in the classroom, home, or anywhere else you can access the Internet. Your instructor will guide you through the course, assigning different modules as appropriate.

To begin this online course, you will also need Math for Clinical Practice by Denise Macklin, Cynthia Chernecky, and Mother Helena Infortuna. Your reading assignments will come from this textbook.

This drug calculations text presents a straightforward, real-life approach, and focuses on mathematical calculations used in the clinical setting. Presenting a unique systematic approach to drug calculation, Math for Clinical Practice offers comprehensive practice problems to help you master the ratio-proportion and formula methods - so you can use them effectively in the clinical setting!

Drug Calculations Online to accompany Macklin: Math for Clinical Practice has all of the tools you need for a complete learning experience!

• Two major drug calculation methods (ratio-proportion and formula) are covered, so you can apply the method that works best for you.
• A unique systematic approach links mathematical principles to the prescription that is written and the medication sent by the pharmacy.
• Practice problems include a tutorial for each of the two drug calculation methods. When you choose one of the solution buttons, a step-by-step tutorial shows how to solve the problem using that method.
• Clinical Alert boxes present information that may be applied to the clinical setting for quality patient care.
• Safety Alert boxes identify issues that may lead to medication errors.
• Human Error Alert boxes identify common mistakes that can lead to incorrect drug calculations.
• Animations are used to demonstrate techniques of drug administration, such as how to mix two medications in a syringe or how to withdraw medication from an ampule.
• Interactive self-assessment activities allow you to apply your knowledge, such as identifying parts of medication labels and using critical thinking skills to solve drug calculation problems.
• And much, much more!

A full Course Introduction orients you to Drug Calculations Online to accompany Macklin: Math for Clinical Practice, which is organized into seven modules that match the topics of the textbook. After completing your reading assignments, you then delve into the online content and begin the learning process by working through the example problems, practice problems, and interactive exercises. Quizzes within each module help you evaluate and reinforce what you have learned.