Calculate with Confidence
- 8th Edition - September 30, 2021
- Author: Deborah C. Morris
- Language: English
- LooseLeaf ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 2 9 7 4 - 8
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 5 1 5 7 - 5
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 6 9 6 9 5 - 1
**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Pharmacology**Learn how to make accurate drug calculations and administer medications safely! Calculate with Confidence, 8th Edition… Read more
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Learn how to make accurate drug calculations and administer medications safely! Calculate with Confidence, 8th Edition makes it easy to understand the three major methods of dosage calculation — ratio and proportion, formula method, and dimensional analysis. Clear, step-by-step instructions guide you through accurate calculation and safe administration of drug dosages. Thousands of practice problems ensure that you gain proficiency, QSEN principles prioritize client safety, and an emphasis on clinical reasoning helps you prevent medication errors. New Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) case studies help in improving clinical judgment skills. With this popular text from educator Deborah C. Morris, you will learn to calculate drug dosages and administer medications with confidence.
- Thousands of practice problems ensure that you gain proficiency with drug calculations.
- Safety Alert boxes help you prevent medication errors and avoid errors in dosage calculation.
- Tips for Clinical Practice boxes call out information critical to math calculation and patient safety, and summarize best practices in client care (a Clinical Judgment feature for the Next Generation NCLEX®, or NGN).
- Rule boxes present instructions essential to math calculations and provide the information needed to accurately solve drug calculation problems.
- Clinical Reasoning Scenarios discuss the safe administration of medications (also a Clinical Judgment feature for the NGN) and help you apply your knowledge to patient care.
- Comprehensive Post-Test assesses your retention of the "big picture" concepts, with answers located in the back of the book.
- Review of basic math, pre-tests, and post-tests allow you to evaluate your understanding of the material.
- Medication Administration chapter covers medication safety, a discussion on client rights, the basic six rights of medication administration, and routes of medication administration.
- Chapter review problems test your comprehension of all major topics, with the answers at the end of the chapter.
- Points to Remember list bulleted key points from the chapter.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Reviewers
- Preface to the Instructor
- Acknowledgments
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- Unit One: Math Review
- Pre-Test 2
- Introduction to Math Review
- Chapter 1: Fractions
- Types of Fractions
- Converting Fractions
- Comparing Fractions
- Reducing Fractions
- Adding Fractions
- Subtracting Fractions
- Multiplying Fractions
- Dividing Fractions
- Chapter 2: Decimals
- Reading and Writing Decimals
- Comparing the Value of Decimals
- Adding and Subtracting Decimals
- Multiplying Decimals
- Dividing Decimals
- Rounding Off Decimals
- Changing Fractions to Decimals
- Changing Decimals to Fractions
- Chapter 3: Ratio and Proportion
- Ratios
- Proportions
- Solving for x in Ratio and Proportion
- Applying Ratio and Proportion to Dosage Calculation
- Chapter 4: Percentages
- Converting Percentages to Fractions, Decimals, and Ratios
- Percentage Measures
- Comparing Percents and Ratios
- Determining the Percent of a Quantity
- Determining What Percent One Number Is of Another
- Calculating the Percent of Change
- Unit Two: Systems of Measurement
- Introduction to Systems of Measurement
- Chapter 5: Metric System
- Particulars of the Metric System
- Rules of the Metric System
- Units of Measure
- Conversions Between Metric Units
- Chapter 6: Apothecary and Household Systems and Additional Measures Used in Medication Administration
- Apothecary System
- Household System
- Other Medication Measurements Used in Dosage Calculation
- Chapter 7: Converting Within and Between Systems
- Equivalents Among Metric and Household Systems
- Converting
- Methods of Converting
- Converting Within the Same System
- Converting Between Systems
- Calculating Intake and Output
- Chapter 8: Additional Conversions Useful in the Health Care Setting
- Converting Between Celsius and Fahrenheit
- Formulas for Converting Between Fahrenheit and Celsius Scales
- Metric Measures Relating to Length
- Conversions Relating to Weight
- Military Time
- Calculating Completion Times
- Unit Three: Methods of Administration and Calculation
- Introduction to Methods of Administration and Calculation
- Chapter 9: Medication Administration
- Medication Errors
- Organizations Involved in Safe Medication Practices
- Overview of Medication Errors
- Preventing Medication Errors
- Critical Thinking and Medication Administration
- Factors That Influence Medication Dosages and Action
- Special Considerations for the Elderly
- The Rights of Medication Administration
- Medication Reconciliation
- Client Education
- Home Care Considerations
- The Nurse’s Role in Medication Error Prevention
- Routes of Medication Administration
- Equipment Used for Medication Administration
- Equipment for Administering Oral Medications to a Child
- Chapter 10: Understanding and Interpreting Medication Orders
- Verbal Orders
- Transcription of Medication Orders
- Writing a Medication Order
- Components of a Medication Order
- Interpreting a Medication Order
- Chapter 11: Medication Administration Records and Drug Distribution Systems
- Medication Orders
- Medication Administration Record
- Essential Components on a Medication Administration Record
- Documentation of Medications
- Use of Technology in Medication Administration
- Medication Distribution Systems
- Role of the Nurse When Using Technology
- Scheduling Medication Times
- Military Time
- NGN Case Study
- Chapter 12: Reading Medication Labels
- Reading Medication Labels
- The Medication Name and Tall Man Lettering
- Chapter 13: Dosage Calculation Using the Ratio and Proportion Method
- Use of Ratio and Proportion in Dosage Calculation
- Chapter 14: Dosage Calculation Using the Formula Method
- Formula for Calculating Dosages
- Using the Formula Method
- Chapter 15: Dosage Calculation Using the Dimensional Analysis Method
- Understanding the Basics of Dimensional Analysis
- Dosage Calculation Using Dimensional Analysis
- Unit Four: Oral and Parenteral Dosage Forms and Insulin
- Introduction to Oral and Parenteral Dosage Forms and Insulin
- Chapter 16: Oral Medications
- Forms of Solid Oral Medications
- Calculating Oral Liquids
- Measuring Oral Liquids
- Chapter 17: Parenteral Medications
- Parenteral Medication Packaging
- Syringes
- Reading Parenteral Labels
- Medications Labeled in Percentage Strengths
- Solutions Expressed in Ratio Strength
- Medications Measured in Units
- Medications in Milliequivalents
- Guidelines for Calculating and Rounding Parenteral Medications
- Calculating Injectable Medications
- Calculating Dosages for Medications in Units
- Mixing Medications in the Same Syringe
- NGN Case Study
- Chapter 18: Reconstitution of Solutions
- Basic Principles for Reconstitution
- Reconstituting Medications With More Than One Direction for Mixing (Multiple Strength Reconstitution)
- Reconstitution From Package Insert Directions and Medications With Different Reconstitution Directions Depending on Route of Administration
- Medications With Instructions to “See Accompanying Literature” (Package Insert) for Reconstitution and Administration
- Calculation of Dosages
- Reconstitution of Noninjectable Solutions
- Chapter 19: Insulin
- Introduction
- Types of Insulin
- Labels
- Insulin Action Times
- Appearance of Insulin
- Insulin Administration
- Insulin Orders
- Unit Five: Intravenous, Heparin, and Critical Care Calculations and Pediatric and Adult Calculations Based on Weight
- Introduction to Intravenous, Heparin, and Critical Care Calculations and Pediatric and Adult Calculations Based on Weight
- Chapter 20: Intravenous Solutions and Equipment
- IV Delivery Methods
- IV Solutions
- Administration of IV Fluids
- Chapter 21: Intravenous Calculations
- IV Flow Rate Calculation
- Manually Regulated IVs
- Calculating Flow Rates in Drops Per Minute Using a Formula and Dimensional Analysis
- Calculation of IV Flow Rates Using a Shortcut Method
- Calculating IV Flow Rates Using a Dial-Flow Controller
- Calculating Intermittent IV Infusions Piggyback
- Determining the Amount of Medication in a Specific Amount of Solution
- Determining the Unknown for Time and Volume
- Calculating a Problem with an Unknown Using the Formula Method and Dimensional Analysis
- Recalculating an IV Flow Rate
- Calculating Infusion and Completion Time
- Calculating Infusion Time When Rate in mL/hr Is Not Indicated for Large Volumes of Fluid
- Calculating Infusion Time for Small Volumes of Fluid
- Monitoring the Infusion of IV Solutions
- Charting IV Therapy
- IV Push Medications
- Administration of Medications by IV Push
- Chapter 22: Heparin Calculations
- Heparin Errors
- Heparin Administration
- Heparin Dosage Strengths
- Other Anticoagulant Medications
- Reading Heparin Labels
- Calculation of Subcutaneous Dosages
- Calculation of IV Heparin Solutions
- Calculating Heparin Dosages Based on Weight
- NGN Case Study
- Chapter 23: Critical Care Calculations
- Calculating Rate in mL/hr
- Calculating Critical Care Dosages per Hour or per Minute
- Medications Ordered in Milligrams per Minute
- Calculating Dosages Based on mcg/kg/min
- IV Flow Rates for Titrated Medications
- Developing a Titration Table
- NGN Case Study
- Chapter 24: Pediatric and Adult Dosage Calculations Based on Weight
- Older Adults (Geriatrics)
- Pediatric Medication Dosages
- Principles Relating to Basic Calculations
- Calculation of Dosages Based on Body Weight
- Converting Pounds to Kilograms
- Converting Kilograms to Pounds
- Converting Grams to Kilograms
- Single-Dose Medications
- Single-Dose Range Medications
- Calculating Daily Doses
- Adult Dosages Based on Body Weight
- Calculating Dosages Using Body Surface Area
- Use of a Nomogram to Determine BSA
- Calculating BSA Using a Formula
- Dosage Calculation Based on BSA
- IV Therapy and Children
- Calculating IV Medications Using a Volume Control Set
- Calculation of Daily Fluid Maintenance
- Pediatric Oral and Parenteral Medications
- NGN Case Study
- Comprehensive Post-Test
- Appendix Table of Contents
- References
- Introduction to Appendix Table of Contents
- Apothecary System
- FDA and ISMP Lists of Look-Alike Drug Names With Recommended Tall Man Letters
- TJC “Do Not Use” List of Abbreviations
- ISMP List of Error-Prone Abbreviations, Symbols, and Dose Designations
- ISMP List of High-Alert Medications in Acute Care Settings
- ISMP List of High-Alert Medications in Community/Ambulatory Health Care
- Index
- Drug Label Index
- Commonly Used Medication Abbreviations
- No. of pages: 784
- Language: English
- Edition: 8
- Published: September 30, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- LooseLeaf ISBN: 9780323829748
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323751575
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323696951
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Deborah C. Morris
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Nursing, Department of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Bronx Community College, Bronx, NY