Essential Drug Dosage Calculations

Description

Features

• NEW - Four-color presentation.

  • Gives students a more stimulating, visually enhanced learning tool.

• NEW - Chapter-opening objectives.

  • Readies students for the material they are about to cover.

• NEW - Important facts highlighted.

  • Helps students locate key points easily, and offers a quick source of reference.

• NEW - Worked-out practice problems and exams.

  • Clarifies and deepens students' understanding by walking them step-by-step through each stage of a problem's solution, and helps students identify the areas that are causing them the most difficulty.

• NEW - A smooth and successive system for learning-Presents concepts from simple to complex, followed by practice problems before proceeding to more difficult information.

  • Gives students the opportunity to fully grasp material before moving on, and to build upon the knowledge they have acquired.

• NEW - Special “Check Points” sections & two comprehensive exams.

  • Allows students to evaluate what they've learned before proceeding to the next section, gives them additional practice, and fortifies their retention of material.

• NEW - Syringe drawings.

  • Enables students to practice reading filled syringes and in filling syringes with the prescribed dosage.

• NEW - Study Wizard CD-ROM.

  • Provides additional practice problems to promote mastery in dosage calculations.

• Ratio-proportion method for calculating dosages.

  • Gives students an accurate, logical, and consistent means of calculation without the need to memorize complicated formulas.

• Generic and trade names of drugs used throughout.

  • Allows the student to identify the drug if they have the trade or generic name.

• Drug dosage labels of commonly prescribed medications are included.

  • Helps familiarize students with reading drug labels and provides real life applications.

• Conversion systems-Uses the metric system as a primary conversion system for problem-solving, and also includes apothecary and household systems of measure.

  • Prepares students to deal with all situations.

New to this Edition

• Four-color presentation.

  • Gives students a more stimulating, visually enhanced learning tool.

• Chapter-opening objectives.

  • Readies students for the material they are about to cover.

• Important facts highlighted.

  • Helps students locate key points easily, and offers a quick source of reference.

• Worked-out practice problems and exams.

  • Clarifies and deepens students' understanding by walking them step-by-step through each stage of a problem's solution, and helps students identify the areas that are causing them the most difficulty.

• A smooth and successive system for learning-Presents concepts from simple to complex, followed by practice problems before proceeding to more difficult information.

  • Gives students the opportunity to fully grasp material before moving on, and to build upon the knowledge they have acquired.

• Special “Check Points” sections & two comprehensive exams.

  • Allows students to evaluate what they've learned before proceeding to the next section, gives them additional practice, and fortifies their retention of material.

• Syringe drawings.

  • Enables students to practice reading filled syringes and in filling syringes with the prescribed dosage.

• Study Wizard CD-ROM.

  • Provides additional practice problems to promote mastery in dosage calculations.

Table of Contents

Back Cover

Drug dosage calculation made easy!

This easy to follow book utilizes the popular ratio and proportion method to promote competence in interpreting medication orders and mastery of drug dosage calculation. Numerous problems and case studies boost comprehension and offer real life application. All essential areas of dosage calculation are included as well as additional discussions of today's most current drug dosage technology.

• Step-by-Step guidance: Example problems are worked out and each step of the solution has a clear explanation and instructions.
• Building block instruction: Concepts are presented from simple to complex with numerous example and practice problems that focus on mastery of basic principles before proceeding to more difficult material.
• Syringe drawings: Actual pictures and drawings of syringes provide visual examples and practice of reading filled syringes.
• Color drug labels: Generic and trade names for drugs are used throughout with drug dosage labels for commonly prescribed medications.
• FREE CD-ROM: An interactive CD-ROM included with more practice problems and exercises further reinforce key concepts.