Ok so I am in the LPN program here in Tennessee. We are starting the dosage calculation today. Anybody that has taken the test how hard is it really. I have gotten the DA formula down but now starting on IV on my own before we get in it all. We can not use calculators. I'm a little worried because what if it's super hard we do get 3 try's with having to make a 100. Somebody please calm my nerves and tell me it's not as bad as I am making it out to be! Thank you
I find it odd myself other schools with same program gets to use basic calculators but for some reason we do not get too. But we are fighting to get them used. I am confident in my math skills but the thought of no calculators and 100 percent has me very nervous
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If you go to my topic Master your drug calculations BEFORE you get to nursing school and look under the comments you will see a pdf called dosage calculations which has a section on IV flow calculations with problems and answers. Everything uses dimensional analysis.
With the exception of IV calculations, I didn't have much trouble with math & dosages when I was in nursing school. We didn't need trigonometry or the Pythagorean stuff... just division, subtraction, and the like.
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Ok so I am in the LPN program here in Tennessee. We are starting the dosage calculation today. Anybody that has taken the test how hard is it really. I have gotten the DA formula down but now starting on IV on my own before we get in it all. We can not use calculators. I'm a little worried because what if it's super hard we do get 3 try's with having to make a 100. Somebody please calm my nerves and tell me it's not as bad as I am making it out to be! Thank you