Goodies for Nurses Ltd. Dosage Calculations

Dosage Calculations made Incredibly Easy! (Adapted for th UK).
Summary:
Numeracy skills are a high priority in education and practice. The nurse is the last link in the chain to protect the patient from medication administration errors, and is responsible for every dose that they administer and are held to the five rights of medication ¬administration: right medication, right dose, right route, right patient, and right time. To enhance accuracy and confidence in drug administration, Dosage Calculations Made Incredibly Easy! First UK Edition is a complete and clear guide to calculating drug dosages. The text covers basic maths (fractions, decimals, ratios, proportions and percentages), measurement systems and practical calculations.
Additional chapters cover paediatric, obstetric and critical care dosage calculations. There is vital information on recording drug administration, routes of administration, and reading drug labels, and preventing errors associated with each of these. The text promotes awareness of all of these issues through the use of realistic examples and self-test questions throughout.

This text is for all degree and diploma nursing students who are mastering numeracy skills to ensure safe practice, and qualified nurses doing post-registration numeracy courses.

Features include:

Clear, simple explanations of all types of calculations and definitions of key terms

Abundant illustrations that clearly explain difficult concepts

Boxes and checklists that make it easy to spot important points at a glance

Memory joggers help you understand and remember difficult concept

Before you give that drug alerts contain urgent advice on how to avoid dangerous drug errors

Advice from the experts sections offer tips on how to maintain dosage accuracy

Real world problems walk you through real-life situations of determining drug dosage

Quick quizzes and Practice makes perfect questions test your understanding and help reinforce learning

For maths phobics only directs you to helpful hints, tips and illustrations to help you get over the ‘I hate maths’ hurdles

Useful conversions, common dosage calculation formulae and glossary of terms for ready reference

Price: £23.95

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