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Master the critical skills necessary to competently and confidently calculate drug dosages using the new edition of Calculation of Drug Dosages. Written by Sheila J. Ogden, MSN, RN and Linda Fluharty, RNC, MSN, this updated 9th Edition provides you with an extensive review of essential math concepts before introducing and clearly explaining the ratio and proportion, formula, and dimensional analysis methods of drug calculation. The book's popular "worktext" format builds on concepts as you go and reinforces what you learn with over 1,800 practice problems.

Highlights include:

• New content on Intake and Output (I&O) keeps students up-to-date with latest practices.
• Updated guidelines for the Joint Commission and Institute for Safe Medication Practice reduce medication errors and increase patient safety.
• NEW! A chapter on obstetric dosages helps students better understand medications unique to this important nursing subspecialty.
• NEW VERSION! Interactive student tutorial containing over 600 additional practice problems provides students with even more practice, bringing the total number of problems to over 1,800.
• More full-color drug labels offer a realistic presentation of medication administration.

Also in this edition:

• Learning objectives help students focus on key content.
• Five introductory chapters are devoted to extensive math review.
• Chapter worksheets give students the opportunity to practice solving realistic problems.
• A companion Evolve website offers a wealth of teaching and learning resources.
• Post-tests, including a comprehensive post-test at the end of the book, help students identify their areas of strengths and weaknesses.
• An answer key provides step-by-step solutions for worksheet and post-test problems shown in both the ratio and proportion and formula methods. Answers only are provided for the comprehensive post-test.

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