[flames9]

Good books: Calculate with confidence--I bought mine for like $4 on half.com and that included shipping!!! Another good book is Henke's med-math.

And thanks for the earlier assistance, I passed my drug dosage exam for this semester, whewww!!

[beth66335]

Congrats!

[mochabkjoe]

Awesome thread, glad to see im not the only one frightened by math ;p

[shrimpchips]

Originally Posted by flames9

Good books: Calculate with confidence--I bought mine for like $4 on half.com and that included shipping!!! Another good book is Henke's med-math.

And thanks for the earlier assistance, I passed my drug dosage exam for this semester, whewww!!

Calculate With Confidence is an excellent book - that was a requirement for my program. I also like Math For Nurses.

and slightly OT: I passed my drug calc exam with a 100% so now I can do clinicals!

[beth66335]

Originally Posted by shrimpchips

and slightly OT: I passed my drug calc exam with a 100% so now I can do clinicals!

Congratulations!

[newpath2take]

wow.. i don't think i'm going to appreciate another thread on this site more than this thread right here..

[mickey69]

tks very helpful

[mickey69]

tks....ur awesome

[sandycassidy]

Math is always a pain, but not impossible. Thanks for all the links. I will sure use them and will forward them to my fellow classmates.

[dalvnjjh]

I USE THIS SIMPLE EQUATION THAT WORKS FOR ALL DRUG CALCULATIONS AND YOU DON’T HAVE TO MEMORIZE DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS!!


EXAMPLE: ORDER: VERAPAMIL 60MG PO STAT. ON HAND IS VERAPAMIL 120MG TABLETS. HOW MUCH DO YOU GIVE?

THE ONLY IMPORTANT THING YOU NEED TO KNOW WITH (MY) SYSTEM IS—YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO GET, IE, PILLS, MLS, GTTS/MIN, MLS/HR. ONCE YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED TO GET YOU WRITE THAT DOWN. I PUT A LINE UNDER WHAT I NEED TO GET BECAUSE WHEN YOU START MEDS WITH ML/HR YOU WILL HAVE TO WRITE IT DOWN AS---ML YOU WITH ME SO FAR?
--------
HR

THE NEXT IMPORTANT STEP IS TO LOOK AT YOUR PROBLEM AND FIND OUT “PILLS”. SO 1 PILL = 160MG.
NEXT IS THE ORDER OR WHATEVER HAS “MG” IN IT. SET IT UP LIKE THIS. NOW CROSS OUT THE MG’S AND YOU ARE LEFT WILL “PILLS”. NOW MULTIPLY THE TOP NUMBERS AND DIVIDE IT BY THE BOTTOM NUMBER AND YOU WILL END UP WITH .5 PILLS OR ½ PILL. EASY HA!!





PILL= 1PILL 60MG 60
_____ ________ ________ ____= .5 PILLS OR ½ PILL
120MG 120


NOW LETS DO IV

THE POWER GOES OUT AND YOU MUST CONTROL THE IV FLOW RATE BY DRIP RATE. THE IV RATE SHOULD BE AT 40ML/HR. THE TUBING IS 15GTTS/ML. HOW MANY GTTS/MINUTE WILL DELIVER THE 40ML/HR.


WE NEED TO FIND GTTS/MIN. FIND GTTS AND PUT ON TOP.

GTTS 15GTTS 40ML 600
______= ________ ______ ______= 10GTTS/MIN
MIN ML 60MIN 60


YOU WILL GET THE CORRECT ANSWER AS LONG AS YOU START WITH WHAT YOU NEED.

I HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET DIFFERENT PROBLEMS AND THIS ONE HASN’T LET ME DOWN