Can anyone suggest a drug calculation book?

TakeTwoAspirin, MSN, RN, APRN · Apr 20, 2008

Calculation of Medication Dosages by Janice F. Goundy and Patricia A. Stockert.

Lots of repetition/questions all with answers and even a CD for more practice. I am a math dud and I got through this book without assistance!

gaajr1, RN · Apr 20, 2008

Calculate with Confidence, 4th edition, by Gray Morris is a good one. It has a lot of practice questions.

Hope this helps, good luck!

AsimplePoem · Apr 20, 2008

Calculate with Confidence, 4th edition, by Gray Morris is a good one. It has a lot of practice questions.
Hope this helps, good luck!

Yes..this is the book i use to teach myself. there aren't math courses at my school yet, and basically we have to study on our own. it's easy to follow. Good luck :up:

EnviroVeg · Apr 21, 2008

In addition to buying a dosage calculation book, you may want to visit the following online dosage calculations tutorial:

http://www.dosagehelp.com/

This website explains essential types of dosage calculations, has step-by-step examples, and includes helpful practice problems. It's a free and handy way to brush up on nursing dosage calculations.

There are tons of other online resources for nursing math, that one just happens to be my favorite. Here's a link to a very useful list of helpful weblinks posted by Daytonite:

https://allnurses.com/forums/2520769-post3.html

S.T.A.C.E.Y, LPN · Apr 21, 2008

Dosage Calculations: A ratio-proportion approach. Author: Gloria Pickar

I found this book very helpful when I was in school, and LOTS of practice problems.

Brand new, mint condition with CD. I'd be willing to sell it for half what I paid for it, msg me if you're interested.

nurz2be · Apr 24, 2008

Dosage Calculations: A ratio-proportion approach. Author: Gloria Pickar

I found this book very helpful when I was in school, and LOTS of practice problems.
Brand new, mint condition with CD. I'd be willing to sell it for half what I paid for it, msg me if you're interested.

DITTO on the recommendation for this one! We use it in our Pharm class and I have to say there are TONS TONS TONS of practice problems that gradually increase with difficulty once you get into titrations.

blur411 · Apr 26, 2008

The book I have is called Clinical Calculations: With Applications to General and Specialty Areas

We were required to buy this book when I started fundamentals, little did I know I would ave to teach myself how to do the calculations. This book was a life saver and I passed my med calc exam on the first time!

RheatherN, ASN, RN, EMT-P · Apr 27, 2008

i agree with others, Pickar was good. there were a few things in there that were hard for me though. it seemed to explain the ratio thing that i cannot do, so i had to use another source for those. but the book has lots of questions!

gl!

-H-

i suck at math, and i made it through and actually understand it! you can do it!