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Jul 25, 2008 04:25 PM

Math Help

by bthsp

can anyone tell what would be a great book for dosage calculations--iam not a great math person and iam having a hard time with adults and peds calculation can some one help


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Old Jul 26, 2008, 01:34 PM

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can anyone tell what would be a great book for dosage calculations--iam not a great math person and iam having a hard time with adults and peds calculation can some one help
Medical Dosage Calculations (9th Edition) (Medical Dosage Calculations) by June Looby Olsen, Anthony Patrick Giangrasso, Dolores Shrimpton, and Patricia Dillon (Paperback - Mar 15, 2007) can be ordered from Amazon.com, or from Barnes and Noble. It helped me a great deal, and it was a plus that two of the authors were professors at my college. Good luck!
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Old Jul 26, 2008, 01:42 PM

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meds for nurses is a good book and has helped me so much
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Old Jul 26, 2008, 02:20 PM

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I can understand your dilemma about math, because I suck at it as well. My school taught the dimensional analysis system for figuring out medication dosages. While it takes a bit longer, it made sense to me, because I didn't have to figure out Fried's Rule or Clark's rule in pediatric dosaging. I managed an A out of the class and also, recently, I had to take an on line test to apply for an agency, and all of the teachings came back to my head almost immediately. Good luck to you. The most important thing is to keep practicing over and over.
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from k-la
Old Aug 02, 2008, 03:47 AM

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Dimensional analysis worked very well for me too. I was never a fan of math and got just average grades in high school but I got an A in dosage calcs in college because I understood how this system worked. I was lucky enough for my instructor to teach us this so guess I don't really have suggestions for books, sorry....my opinion is just to learn dimensional analysis someway- it's so helpful!
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