The Nurse, The Math, The Meds: Drug Calculations Using Dimensional Analysis

by Joyce L. Mulholland

This text emphasizes the simplicity of the dimensional analysis method to help even those students with math anxiety minimize or eliminate medication calculation errors. It begins with a comprehensive review of general math skills and an explanation of basic dimensional analysis methodology. The book focuses on the analysis and setup of practice problems, formulation of a reasonable answer, and evaluation of the answer. This one-of-a-kind text is designed for nursing students at all levels, including graduate nurses and practicing nurses who want a refresher. It is an appropriate text selection for agency in-service programs as well as for physician assistant medication math courses. Clinical Relevance boxes show how abstract concepts, such as legal issues, apply to everyday clinical practice.

640 pages, Paperback

First published October 17, 2006