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Pharmacology • Dosage Calculation
Clinical Calculations Made Easy: Solving Problems Using
Dimensional Analysis, Sixth Edition
Gloria P. Craig, EdD, MSN, RN
978-1-4963-0282-3 • August 2015 • Softbound • 8.375” x 10.875” • 304 pp • 264 Illus
Clinical Calculations Made Easy
is a compact, easy-to-use, pocket-
sized guide/reference to dosage calculation and drug administration.
It includes a review of basic math skills, measurement systems, and
drug calculations/preparations using dimensional analysis. The sixth
edition provides many opportunities for students to practice their skills.
Additional practice problems further strengthen the student’s dosage
calculations skills while new information related to vaccines has been
added with tables for administering vaccines to adults and children.
In addition, there are practice problems related to the tables to help
students understand how to use these types of tables effectively.
Features
• Examples show the step-by-step procedure of how to solve the
problem
• Thinking it Through provides insights into how to solve complex
problems emphasizing the critical thinking process
• In-Chapter Exercises provide opportunities for students to practice
the new skill
• Practice Problems test student’s ability to solve problems
• Answer Key, at end of chapters, allows students to self-correct
problems to provide instant feedback
• Post-Tests appear at the end of chapters that can be torn out of
book for instructors to evaluate student progress
• Two Comprehensive Post Tests appear at the end of book that can
be torn out of book for a comprehensive evaluation
• Drug Labels with related problems provide real-life experiences
• Preventing Medication Errors provides information to help nurses
avoid medication errors
• Pediatric Medication icon highlights problems related to pediatric
care
Table of Contents
SECTION 1
Clinical Calculations
Ch. 1 Pre-Test
CH. 1 Arithmetic Review
CH. 2 Systems of Measurement and
Common Equivalents
CH. 3 Solving Problems Using
Dimensional Analysis
CH. 4 One-Factor Medication
Problems
CH. 5 Two-Factor Medication
Problems
CH. 6 Three-Factor Medication
Problems
SECTION 2
Practice Problems
SECTION 3
Case Studies
SECTION 4
Comprehensive Post-
Tests
Appendix: Educational Theory of
Dimensional Analysis
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