Full Description
Learn to calculate dosages accurately and administer drugs safely! Morris's Calculate with Con?dence, Third Canadian Edition, uses a clear, step-by-step approach to make drug dosage calculations easy. More than 2,000 practice questions help you 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. Re?ecting current practice in Canadian health care, this book also provides excellent preparation for Canadian licensure exams!
Practice problems and real-world examples help you 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 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
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
Comprehensive Post-Test at the end of the book covers dosage calculations and conversions, using real-life drug labels and situations
Tips for Clinical Practice boxes summarize information critical to math calculation and patient safety
SI measurement units and generic/Canadian drug names are included throughout the text
Chapter review problems test your knowledge of all major topics presented in the chapter
Pre-Test review includes practice problems to help you assess your basic math skills and identify your strengths and weaknesses, covering fractions, decimals, percentages, and ratio and proportion
Post-Test in Unit One allows you to assess and evaluate your understanding after completing the chapters on basic math
A-Z medication index references the page numbers where drug labels can be found
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
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. 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
