Trust this market-leading ratio and proportion text that’s known for its realistic practice problems and unique "proof" step in the answer key that allows you to double-check your answers to avoid medication errors. This edition continues to promote critical thinking, clinical judgment, and patient safety with respect to accurate drug dosages. Helpful worksheets, assessment tests, and Clinical Alerts call attention to situations in actual practice that have resulted in drug errors — giving you extensive hands-on practice for the Next Generation NCLEX® and beyond.
1. BROWN & MULHOLLAND’S DRUG CALCULATIONS - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Inside Front Cover - p. Page IFC 4. Front Matter - p. Page ii 5. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 6. Approved Abbreviations for Medications* - p. Page iv 7. The Joint Commission's Official “Do Not Use” List - p. Page v 8. Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) List of Error-Prone Abbreviations, Symbols, and Dose Designations - p. Page vi 9. Copyright - p. Page vii 10. Reviewers - p. Page viii 11. Preface - p. Page viii 12. Acknowledgments - p. Page x 13. Contents - p. Page xii 14. General Mathematics Self-Assessment - p. Page xii 15. List of Illustrations - p. Page xvii 16. List of Tables - p. Page xviii 17. 1 : General Mathematics - p. Page xviii 18. 2 : Ratio and Proportion - p. Page 39 19. 3 : Safe Medication Administration - p. Page 56 20. 4 : Medication Measurements and Oral Dose Calculations - p. Page 108 21. 5 : Injectable Medication Calculations - p. Page 154 22. 6 : Reconstitution of Medications From Powders and Crystals: Oral and intramuscular - p. Page 190 23. 7 : Basic Intravenous Therapy Calculations - p. Page 240 24. 8 : Advanced Intravenous Calculations - p. Page 286 25. 9 : Insulin Administration and Type 2 Diabetes Medications - p. Page 317 26. 10 : Parenteral Nutrition - p. Page 369 27. 11 : Anticoagulants - p. Page 398 28. 12 : Pediatric Dosages - p. Page 435 29. Multiple-Choice Final - p. Page 473 30. Comprehensive Final - p. Page 484 31. APPENDIX A : Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) - p. Page 500 32. APPENDIX B : Institute for Safe Medication Practices - p. Page 501 33. APPENDIX C : Sample Medication Administration Errors With Potential Clinical Outcomes - p. Page 509 34. APPENDIX D : 5-Minute Sample Verbal Communication From Nurses to Subsequent Caregivers - p. Page 512 35. Index - p. Page 514 36. In Side Back Cover - p. Page 514
Trust this market-leading ratio and proportion text that’s known for its realistic practice problems and unique "proof" step in the answer key that allows you to double-check your answers to avoid medication errors. This edition continues to promote critical thinking, clinical judgment, and patient safety with respect to accurate drug dosages. Helpful worksheets, assessment tests, and Clinical Alerts call attention to situations in actual practice that have resulted in drug errors — giving you extensive hands-on practice for the Next Generation NCLEX® and beyond.
1. BROWN & MULHOLLAND’S DRUG CALCULATIONS - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Inside Front Cover - p. Page IFC 4. Front Matter - p. Page ii 5. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 6. Approved Abbreviations for Medications* - p. Page iv 7. The Joint Commission's Official “Do Not Use” List - p. Page v 8. Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) List of Error-Prone Abbreviations, Symbols, and Dose Designations - p. Page vi 9. Copyright - p. Page vii 10. Reviewers - p. Page viii 11. Preface - p. Page viii 12. Acknowledgments - p. Page x 13. Contents - p. Page xii 14. General Mathematics Self-Assessment - p. Page xii 15. List of Illustrations - p. Page xvii 16. List of Tables - p. Page xviii 17. 1 : General Mathematics - p. Page xviii 18. 2 : Ratio and Proportion - p. Page 39 19. 3 : Safe Medication Administration - p. Page 56 20. 4 : Medication Measurements and Oral Dose Calculations - p. Page 108 21. 5 : Injectable Medication Calculations - p. Page 154 22. 6 : Reconstitution of Medications From Powders and Crystals: Oral and intramuscular - p. Page 190 23. 7 : Basic Intravenous Therapy Calculations - p. Page 240 24. 8 : Advanced Intravenous Calculations - p. Page 286 25. 9 : Insulin Administration and Type 2 Diabetes Medications - p. Page 317 26. 10 : Parenteral Nutrition - p. Page 369 27. 11 : Anticoagulants - p. Page 398 28. 12 : Pediatric Dosages - p. Page 435 29. Multiple-Choice Final - p. Page 473 30. Comprehensive Final - p. Page 484 31. APPENDIX A : Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) - p. Page 500 32. APPENDIX B : Institute for Safe Medication Practices - p. Page 501 33. APPENDIX C : Sample Medication Administration Errors With Potential Clinical Outcomes - p. Page 509 34. APPENDIX D : 5-Minute Sample Verbal Communication From Nurses to Subsequent Caregivers - p. Page 512 35. Index - p. Page 514 36. In Side Back Cover - p. Page 514