Help students learn how to safely, accurately, and confidently calculate medication dosages! Brown and Mulholland’s Drug Calculations: Ratio and Proportion Problems for Clinical Practice is recognized for its realistic practice problems and unique “proof” step in the answer key, which allows students to double-check their answers and avoid medication errors. Helpful worksheets and assessment tests allow them to gauge their progress, while Clinical Alerts call attention to situations in actual practice that have resulted in drug errors. This edition continues to promote critical thinking, clinical judgment, and patient safety with updates related to safe medication administration, new medications and drug labels, and updated Next-Generation NCLEX® practice problems and case studies.
UPDATED coverage presents the most current drug information and the latest medication administration equipment and techniques
UPDATED guidance from The Joint Commission, National Patient Safety Goals, and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) provides the most up-to-date safety recommendations
NEW coverage of type 2 diabetes medications includes information on disposable insulin pump systems such as Omnipod
NEW and UPDATED drug labels show the information students will see in clinical settings for problem-solving and medication calculation
ENHANCED emphasis on safe medication administration discusses the importance of a safe preparation area, Black Box Warnings, the three-step medication check, and actions/inactions that may lead to errors
UPDATED Next-Generation NCLEX® exam-style practice problems and case studies offer valuable practice and review
More than 1,100 ratio and proportionproblems offer the extensive practice students need to become proficient in this method of drug calculation
Step-by-step format for each problem includes a unique “proof”step in the answer key to ensure students understand the solution
Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN) exam–style questions in select chapters are accompanied by answer keys with rationales for correct answers
Hospital National Patient Safety Goals offer valuable guidance on identifying patients correctly, using medications safely, and preventing infection
End-of-chapter practice tools include general worksheets, multiple-choice worksheets, critical thinking exercises, chapter finals, and a chapter answer key
Safe Medication Administrationchapter helps students learn how to prevent medication errors and understand drug labels, medication administration forms, and provider order forms
Clinical Alerts highlight potential and common drug calculation errors
Full-color drug labels and equipment illustrations provide a realistic representation of medication administration
UPDATED coverage presents the most current drug information and the latest medication administration equipment and techniques
UPDATED guidance from The Joint Commission, National Patient Safety Goals, and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) provides the most up-to-date safety recommendations
NEW coverage of type 2 diabetes medications includes information on disposable insulin pump systems such as Omnipod
NEW and UPDATED drug labels show the information you’ll see in clinical settings for problem-solving and medication calculation
ENHANCED emphasis on safe medication administration discusses the importance of a safe preparation area, Black Box Warnings, the three-step medication check, and actions/inactions that may lead to errors
UPDATED Next-Generation NCLEX® exam-style practice problems and case studies offer valuable practice and review
Ann Tritak-Elmiger, EdD, RN, Associate Dean – Department of Graduate Nursing and Director DNP Program, Felician University, Lodi, New Jersey. Professor of Graduate Nursing Faculty, USA and Margaret Daingerfield, EdD, RN, CNE, Margaret (Peggy) Daingerfield is currently Associate Professor, Director of the MSN Program. Department of Graduate Nursing, Felician University, Lodi, NJ, USA
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