Dosage!

anonymousstudent · Aug 31, 2011

Nothing we do for calculating medication is beyond very basic algebra. Brush up on conversions and make sure you understand the difference between the amount of medication and the volume form it comes in.

Really I wouldn't hit it too hard. Without the context of pharm or seeing it in clinical it probably won't make much sense to you at this point.

Check out this site, it's helpful! http://www.dosagehelp.com/

Aberdeen · Aug 31, 2011

i admire your eagerness, but i wouldn’t worry about it right now. like anonymousstudent said it is just basic algebra. one thing that i do is underline the important parts of the question when taking dosage tests. more often than not, the questions will supply you with numbers you don’t need, so it helps to eliminate mistakes.

here is another site that may be helpful to you as well - http://home.roadrunner.com/~nurdosagecal/index.html

Pneumothorax, BSN, RN · Aug 31, 2011

there are formulas to use. memorize them. know them like your name. you plug the info in..& calculate the dosage. Im no math genius, in fact i despise math but i love dosage calc and such. If i can do it anyone can!

oklahomagal · Sep 1, 2011

I wish I would have worked on remembering conversions before I got to nursing school... like g--->mg is x1000 and mg to g is /1000 and 30 ml in an oz.. try googling conversion tables for nurses. :-)

HeiseC · Sep 2, 2011

Thank you all for help. I'm not a math genious but for some odd reason I do really well in it. (Better than english sometimes). I want to stay on top of my game throughout nursing school. Im buying flashcards, using flashcards.com (may have gotten the name wrong) and other sources. I want to be a nurse so bad, that I litterally was about to sell everything I owned down to the shirt off my back just to go to school. I would have walked myself to school if it meant I could be a nurse.

pockunit, ADN, RN · Sep 2, 2011

Check out Khan Academy if you need refreshing in any level of math. Amazing.

One example

HeiseC · Sep 10, 2011

thats a great website. I'll add it to my list of wonders :)

I actually now am able to comprehend a littl more. My instructor taught us a 'box' method where

looking for/1 = dosage ordered/1 x availible/1 = correct dosage. (keep in mind these are fractions)

thats a simplified version, but very useful. I actually think I got it enough to not fear it. One reason why I needed advice and help was because this is the math test (demensional analysis) that I MUST do better than 90% on the first or second try of the test, in order to remain in the program. I worked hard to get where I am today as a person, student and future nurse. I don't want to lose it.