Calculate with Confidence, 9th Edition
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- Paperback
728 pages
- Release Date
18 February 2026
Summary
Learn how to make accurate drug calculations and administer medications safely! Calculate with Confidence, 9th Edition, makes it easy to understand the three major methods of dosage calculation - ratio and proportion, formula, and dimensional analysis. Clear, step-by-step instructions guide you through accurate calculation and safe administration of drug dosages. Thousands of practice problems ensure that you gain proficiency, patient safety is prioritized, and an emphasis on clinical judgment helps you prevent medication errors. Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Exam-style case studies help you improve clinical judgment skills. With this popular text from trusted educator Deborah C. Morris, you will learn to calculate drug dosages and administer medications with confidence and a high degree of patient safety!
- More than 2,000 practice problems include a pre-test and a comprehensive post-test review
- Three-part approach to evaluating basic math skills includes a pre-test, comprehensive unit, and review tests
- Medication Administration chapter covers medication safety, a discussion of client rights, the basic six rights of medication administration, and routes of medication administration
- Chapter review problems (with answer key) test all major topics presented in the chapter and help you assess your understanding of chapter content
- Safety Alert boxes highlight issues that may lead to medication errors and empower you to identify actions that must be taken to avoid calculation errors
- Tips for Clinical Practice boxes call attention to information critical to math calculation and patient safety and equip you with the tools needed to follow best practices in patient care
- Rule boxes present important instructions essential to math calculations and familiarize you with information needed to accurately solve drug calculation problems
- Clinical Reasoning Scenarios discuss safety issues related to medication administration
- Points to Remember feature provides bulleted key points from the chapter
- NEW! Intravitreal route is now included in the discussion of routes of medication administration
- Expanded medication error information includes “near-miss “errors
- Updated content features newer drugs and the most up-to-date labels for all medications
- Expanded discussion of oral medications features improved format with charts for easier reading
- Expanded discussion on types of insulin includes a discussion of insulin-to-carbohydrate ratio and updates on the types of syringes available, including the U-50 dual syringe
- Updated Heparin chapter covers target-specific anticoagulants
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780443127328 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0443127328 |
| Author: | Deborah C. Morris |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Health Sciences |
| Imprint: | Churchill Livingstone |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 728 |
| Edition: | 9th |
| Release Date: | 18 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 1.50kg |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 276mm |
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