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cover image - Calculate with Confidence Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card),8th Edition
ISBN: 9780323696982
Publication Date: 11-01-2021
Page Count: 728
Imprint: Elsevier
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Calculate with Confidence Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 8th Edition

by Deborah C. Morris, RN, BSN, MA, LNC

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ISBN: 9780323696982
Publication Date: 11-01-2021
Page Count: 728
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $88.99
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Help your students learn 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 method, and dimensional analysis. Clear, step-by-step instructions guide students through accurate calculation and safe administration of drug dosages. Thousands of practice problems ensure that students gain proficiency, QSEN principles prioritize client safety, and an emphasis on clinical reasoning helps in preventing medication errors. New Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) case studies help students improve their clinical judgment skills. With this popular text, students will learn to calculate drug dosages and administer medications with confidence.

    • Thousands of practice problems ensure that you gain proficiency with drug calculations.
    • Safety Alert boxes help you prevent medication errors and avoid errors in dosage calculation.
    • Tips for Clinical Practice boxes call out information critical to math calculation and patient safety, and summarize best practices in client care (a Clinical Judgment feature for the Next Generation NCLEX®, or NGN).
    • Rule boxes present instructions essential to math calculations and provide the information needed to accurately solve drug calculation problems.
    • Clinical Reasoning Scenarios discuss the safe administration of medications (also a Clinical Judgment feature for the NGN) and help you apply your knowledge to patient care.
    • Comprehensive Post-Test assesses your retention of the "big picture" concepts, with answers located in the back of the book.
    • Review of basic math, pre-tests, and post-tests allow you to evaluate your understanding of the material.
    • Medication Administration chapter covers medication safety, a discussion on client rights, the basic six rights of medication administration, and routes of medication administration.
    • Chapter review problems test your comprehension of all major topics, with the answers at the end of the chapter.
    • Points to Remember list bulleted key points from the chapter.
    • NEW! Five single-episode Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) case studies are added to the book.
    • NEW! QSEN content is now included In Unit One, Math Review.
    • NEW! Updated medication labels are included.
    • NEW! Discussion of herbal meds is included in the Medication Administration chapter.
    • NEW! Latest research and information is included in the Insulin, Critical Care Calculations, and Pediatric and Adult Dosage Calculation Based on Weight chapters.
    • NEW! Updated information on the administration of fluids is added.
    • NEW! Updated information and examples of complex I&O problems are added to the Intake and Output section of the text, and it also includes more examples of complex I&O problems.
    • NEW! Updated Medication Index includes the latest drug information and removes drugs that are off the market or are not widely used.
  • Unit One: Math Review
    Pre-Test
    1. Roman Numerals
    2. Fractions
    3. Decimals
    4. Ratio and Proportion
    5. Percentages
    Post-Test
    Unit Two: Systems of Measurement
    6. Metric System
    7. Apothecary and Household Systems
    8. Converting Within and Between Systems
    9. Additional Conversions Useful in the Health Care Setting
    Unit Three: Methods of Administration and Calculation
    10. Medication Administration
    11. Understanding and Interpreting Medication Orders
    12. Medication Administration Records and Drug Distribution Systems
    13. Reading Medication Labels
    14. Dosage Calculation Using the Ratio and Proportion Method
    15. Dosage Calculation Using the Formula Method
    16. Dosage Calculation Using the Dimensional Analysis Method
    Unit Four: Oral and Parenteral Dosage Forms, Insulin and Pediatric Dosage Calculations
    17. Calculation of Oral Medications
    18. Parenteral Medications
    19. Reconstitution of Solutions
    20. Insulin
    Unit Five: Intravenous, Heparin, and Critical Care Calculations and Pediatric Dosage Calculations
    21: Intravenous Solutions and Equipment
    22. Basic Intravenous Calculations
    23. Heparin Calculations
    24. Critical Care Calculations
    25. Pediatric and Adult Dosage Calculation Based on Weight
    Comprehensive Post-Test
    Bibliography
    Appendix A: Apothecary System
    Appendix B: FDA and ISMP Lists of Look-Alike Drug Names with Recommended Tall Man Letters
    Appendix C: TJC’s “Do Not Use” List of Abbreviations
    Appendix D: ISMP’s List of Error-Prone Abbreviations, Symbols, and Dose Designations
    Appendix E: ISMP List of High-Alert Medications in Acute Care Settings
    Appendix F: ISMP List of High-Alert Medications in Community/Ambulatory Healthcare
    Index
    Drug Label Index
  • Deborah C. Morris, RN, BSN, MA, LNC, Professor of Nursing, Department of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Bronx Community College, Bronx, NY
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