Doseage calculations

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Do you have any suggestions on books for dosage calculations? I start my first semester in the fall but current professors have been stressing the importance of conversions. I've been told the fail rate for this first test is very high.

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Specializes in Hospice.

Dosage Calculations for Dummies is my favorite one. And I'm mathematically challenged so I tried a few. I passed my first dosage calc exam with a 90.

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Specializes in Hospitalist Medicine.

Math Attack: Winning the Pharmacology Math Battle by Karen Champion is wonderful. I highly recommend it. This book explains different methods of approaching dosage calculations. It's written in a conversational, encouraging style. Pick the method that works best for you after reading the book. It helps take the anxiety out of math and helps you understand what the questions are looking for. Very helpful!

If you want a book of nothing but practice problems get the workbook "Dosage Calculations". That will give you tons of practice. I still use it to do practice questions before our required math tests each semester.

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Specializes in Hospice.
Math Attack: Winning the Pharmacology Math Battle by Karen Champion is wonderful. I highly recommend it. This book explains different methods of approaching dosage calculations. It's written in a conversational, encouraging style. Pick the method that works best for you after reading the book. It helps take the anxiety out of math and helps you understand what the questions are looking for. Very helpful!

If you want a book of nothing but practice problems get the workbook "Dosage Calculations". That will give you tons of practice. I still use it to do practice questions before our required math tests each semester.

Kris, I got Math Attack too. I couldn't get past the grammatical errors in the book to even begin focusing on the math. I'm such a nerd. :confused:

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Specializes in Hospice, Palliative Care.

Good day:

The following may be helpful:

Math Skills - Dimensional Analysis

Drug Calculations Quiz Page

https://allnurses.com/nursing-student-assistance/dosage-questions-898224-page2.html#post7706975

https://allnurses.com/nursing-student-assistance/student-resources-nursing-436031.html

https://allnurses.com/nursing-student-assistance/dimensional-analysis-888461.html#post7617358

Dimensional analysis: Calculate dosages the easy way

https://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/C_SET/nursing/nursingcalculations.html

DosageHelp.com - Helping Nursing Students Learn Dosage Calculations - Volume/Time - IV Drop Rate Questions

DosageHelp.com - Helping Nursing Students Learn Dosage Calculations - Volume/Time - IV mL Rate Questions

DosageHelp.com - Helping Nursing Students Learn Dosage Calculations - Mass/Liquid For Liquid Questions

http://www.davesems.com/files/drug_dose_calculations.pdf

https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/mental-math-nursing-822697.html#post7236169

Thank you.

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Specializes in Emergency.

Clinical Calculations: With Applications to General and Specialty Areas, 7e: Joyce LeFever Kee MS RN, Sally M. Marshall RN MSN: 9781455703845: Amazon.com: Books

I use the above and it's been helpful as it progresses to more complicated math problems.

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Thank you all for the suggestions!

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Specializes in Hospitalist Medicine.
Kris, I got Math Attack too. I couldn't get past the grammatical errors in the book to even begin focusing on the math. I'm such a nerd. :confused:

Yeah, I felt the need to get out my red pen and correct it. Editing skills were definitely lacking. However, the content is solid and if you can look past the grammar, it is truly helpful.

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