Give your students a solid foundation in all four dosage calculation methods - or focus on the ones you prefer to teach! Clinical Calculations is the only text that provides comprehensive coverage of the ratio and proportion, formula, fractional equation, and dimensional analysis methods, with an emphasis on preparing students for nursing practice. It includes dosage calculation applications for general patient care as well as for specialty units.

• Drug calculation problems involving specialty areas such as pediatrics, critical care, pediatric critical care, labor and delivery, and the community setting
• The most up-to-date, commonly used drugs in "real world" clinical practice
• Provides the latest drug administration techniques and devices and includes a detailed explanation of the various forms of administering drugs
• Caution boxes alert readers to possible problems and issues related to drugs and administration
• A comprehensive post-test at the end of the text

• NEW! Incorporation of guidelines for safe practices and medication administration set by The Joint Commission
• A Companion CD with hundreds of interactive exercises and 565 practice problems, including a comprehensive post-test
• NEW! Calculations using Body Mass Index (BMI), Ideal Body Weight (IBW), and Adjusted Body Weight (ABW) to calculate drug dosages, as in the care of cancer patients, pediatric patients, and obese patients
• Photographs of the latest equipment for IV drug therapy

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