Math anxiety? No problem! Even students who dread math will quickly catch on with this comprehensive, easy-to-understand approach to drug dosage calculations. Using the dimensional analysis method, this text walks students through the analysis and setup of practice problems, formulation of a reasonable answer, and evaluation of the answer.

Inside this one-of-a-kind resource:

• Rapid Practice exercises offer small, manageable sets of 5 or more practice problems designed to be worked in a single sitting.
• FAQs and Answers derived from actual questions asked by students in the classroom anticipate students' concerns and offer clearly stated solutions.
• Chapter objectives let students know what skills they should master by the end of the chapter, providing a handy checklist for review.
• Estimates for time needed to complete problems help students budget their study time.
• Essential Vocabulary sections concisely define terms introduced in each chapter.
• Cultural Note boxes describe differences in math notation and medication-related cultural practices.
• Sample nurse/patient dialogues in Communication boxes promote more effective/accurate drug administration.
• Red arrow alerts call attention to critical math and patient safety concerns as well as issues related to practice.
• Clinical Relevance boxes relate chapter material to safe clinical practice, addressing topics such as legal aspects, high-risk drugs, and common errors.
• Test tips within the text and answer key enhance comprehension and improve students' test-taking ability.
• A self-assessment test prior to the comprehensive math review in Chapter 1 helps students evaluate areas of strength and weakness. Two comprehensive finals are also included, one following multiple-choice format used on the NCLEX® exam.
• JCAHO and ISMP recommendations are followed, avoiding ambiguous abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols to help reduce medication errors.
• A Companion CD, packaged with each text, includes hundreds of interactive exercises and practice problems using the dimensional analysis method.

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