Help students learn to calculate dosages accurately and administer drugs safely! Morris’s Calculate with Confidence, Third Canadian Edition, uses a clear, step-by-step approach to make drug dosage calculations easy. More than 2,000 practice questions help students review basic math and then master the three standard methods of dosage calculation: ratio and proportion, formula, and dimensional analysis. With the increasing responsibility of the nurse in mind, emphasis is placed on critical thinking and clinical reasoning in preventing medication errors. Reflecting current practice in Canadian health care, this book also provides excellent preparation for Canadian licensure exams!
NEW! Thoroughly updated content includes the latest Health Canada-approved medications, current drug labels, the latest research, Canadian statistics, commonly used abbreviations, and recommended practices related to medication errors and their prevention.
NEW and UPDATED! More than 100 new or updated medication labels reflect what students will see in their careers.
NEW! Updated art program illustrates the newest and most current technologies.
EXPANDED! Additional practice problems added to select chapters and the Comprehensive Post-Test, as well as new questions added for veterinary technician students.
NEW! Learning objectives align with Bloom’s Taxonomy and correlate with major chapter sections.
NEW! TEACH lesson plans provide teaching strategies that integrate textbook content with activities for pre-class, in-class, online, group, clinical judgement and interprofessional collaboration, all correlated with the RN-NGN Clinical Judgement Model and PN Clinical Judgement Skills competencies.
Practice problems and real-world examples help students master correct dosage calculations and safe medication administration, with rationales included in practice problem answers to enhance the understanding of principles.
Clinical reasoning exercises build students’ critical thinking skills, with a focus on preventing medication errors.
Safety Alert! boxes highlight common medication errors and identify actions that must be taken to avoid calculation errors.
Comprehensive Post-Test at the end of the book covers dosage calculations and conversions, using real-life drug labels and situations.
Next Generation NCLEX-RN® (NGN) exam-style case studies and questions on the Evolve website provide drug calculation practice for the Next Generation NCLEX examination.
SI measurement units and generic/Canadian drug names are included throughout the text.
Tips for Clinical Practice boxes summarize information critical to math calculation and patient safety.
Chapter review problems test student knowledge of all major topics presented in the chapter.
Pre-Test review includes practice problems to help students assess their basic math skills and identify their strengths and weaknesses, covering fractions, decimals, percentages, and ratio and proportion.
Post-Test in Unit One allows students to assess and evaluate their understanding after completing the chapters on basic math.
A-Z medication index references the page numbers where drug labels can be found.
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.
NEW! Thoroughly updated content includes the latest Health Canada-approved medications, current drug labels, the latest research, Canadian statistics, commonly used abbreviations, and recommended practices related to medication errors and their prevention.
NEW and UPDATED! More than 100 new or updated medication labels reflect what you will see in your career.
EXPANDED! Additional practice problems added to select chapters and the Comprehensive Post-Test, as well as new questions added for veterinary technician students.
NEW! Updated art program illustrates the newest and most current technologies.
NEW! Learning objectives align with Bloom’s Taxonomy and correlate with major chapter sections.
Unit One: Math Review Pre-Test 1. Fractions 2. Decimals 3. Ratio and Proportion 4. Percentages Post-Test
Unit Two: Systems of Measurement 5. Standardizing Measurement Systems 6. Converting Within and Between Systems 7. Additional Conversions Useful in the Health Care Setting
Unit Three: Methods of Administration and Calculation 8. Medication Administration 9. Understanding and Interpreting Medication Orders 10. Medication Administration Records and Drug Distribution Systems 11. Reading Medication Labels 12. Dosage Calculation Using the Ratio and Proportion Method 13. Dosage Calculation Using the Formula Method 14. Dosage Calculation Using the Dimensional Analysis Method
Unit Four: Oral and Parenteral Dosage Forms and Insulin Calculations 15. Oral Medications 16. Parenteral Medications 17. Reconstitution of Solutions 18. Insulin
Unit Five: Intravenous, Heparin, and Critical Care Calculations and Pediatric Dosage Calculations 19. Intravenous Solutions and Equipment 20. Intravenous Calculations 21. Heparin Calculations 22. Pediatric and Adult Dosage Calculation Based on Weight 23. Critical Care Calculations Comprehensive Post-Test
Appendix A: Arabic Equivalents for Roman Numerals Appendix B: Diabetes Management Record: Subcutaneous Insulin References Drug Index Index
Tania N. Killian, RN, CCN, BScN, BEd, MEd, Professor, Nursing BScN Program, School of Nursing; Program Co-ordinator, Workplace Safety and Prevention, School of Health Science, Seneca College, KIng City, ON., Canada
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