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Dosage Calculations, 6th Edition |

Gloria D. Pickar, EdD, RN, Amy Pickar Abernethy, MD, Beth Swart, Myrna Davis, R.N., B.N., M.Ed., Janet O’Connell, R.N., B.N., M.A.Ed.

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Dosage Calculations 6th Edition by Gloria D. Pickar, EdD, RN/Amy Pickar Abernethy, MD/Beth Swart/Myrna Davis, R.N., B.N., M.Ed./Janet O’Connell, R.N., B.N., M.A.Ed.

Overview

​Dosage Calculations has been designed to help students and professionals gain additional comfort with mathematics and improve their ability to perform accurate drug dosage calculations. It features a three-step approach to calculating dosages, using the formula method that nurses, and other health care professionals prefer. A reader-friendly writing style and handy "work text" format is used throughout.

Color photos of actual medication labels and full-size syringes add realistic dimensions to the readings and interpretation of syringe scale problems, helping learners master measurement and dosage readings. This text is organized in a natural progression of basic to more complex information, giving learners self-confidence as they grasp content in small increments with ample review and reinforcement.​

Gloria D. Pickar, EdD, RN

Gloria D. Pickar, R.N., Ed.D. is President and Chief Academic Officer of Compass Knowledge Group in Orlando, Florida. She is a former Academic Dean at Seminole State College in Sanford, Florida, and is among our most successful Delmar authors. In addition to nine editions of DOSAGE CALCULATIONS, the most popular dosage calculation book on the market, she wrote Dosage Calculations: A Ratio Proportion Approach, 3rd Edition.

Amy Pickar Abernethy, MD

Amy Pickar Abernethy, MD, is Associate Professor of Medicine and Nursing at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

Beth Swart

Beth Swart A professor at Ryerson since 1972, Beth is involved in curriculum development in the post RN program and the four-year Ryerson, Centennial, George Brown Collaborative Nursing Degree Program. Beth is course leader for the Pathophysiology and Acute and Traumatic Conditions courses in the collaborative program and the Epidemiology and Acute and Traumatic Conditions courses in the post diploma program. As course leader, two primary responsibilities are to ensure quality course delivery and academic integrity. Beth is a leader in creating and using innovative teaching strategies. She was the first to create and facilitate online course delivery as well as develop and teach a hybrid course. She was also the leader in using Personal Response System (clickers) technology in the classroom. Beth is active in publishing. She has written and contributed to articles for Canadian Nurse, has edited two textbooks and written two chapters for a fundamentals book. She has also contributed extensively in providing peer reviews for numerous textbooks. Beth is engaged in two funded pilot research projects as Principle Investigator. As well, in collaboration with the Post diploma team, she is involved in the RPN to BScN pilot project, funded by MOHLTC. Most recently, Beth is involved in Ryerson University/Ontario Telemedicine Joint Collaborative 30 Month Post-Diploma Program for Registered Nurses, a delivery modality to reach small and rural communities.

Myrna Davis, R.N., B.N., M.Ed.

Myrna Davis R.N., B.N., M.Ed., is a nursing instructor at Red River College in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She has been a nurse for close to 20 years and a nursing educator for the past decade. Myrna primarily teaches nursing skills, dosage calculations, and pharmacology but has also spent time in clinical settings with students on busy medical units. Myrna originally started out as a diploma-prepared RN, then attended the University of Manitoba to complete a Baccalaureate Program for Registered Nurses and a Masters in Education specializing in adult and postsecondary education. She also completed the Winnipeg Critical Care Nursing Education Program. Myrna has worked in a variety of clinical areas such as medicine, surgery, the operating room, intensive care, and the emergency department. With extensive experience teaching and tutoring nursing students in dosage calculations, she has also been actively involved in developing strategies for assessing math readiness, reducing math anxiety, and math remediation. She is well known by nursing students for her “Math with Myrna” dosage calculation sessions offered in the nursing program at Red River College.

Janet O’Connell, R.N., B.N., M.A.Ed.

Janet O’Connell, R.N., B.N., M.A.Ed. is a professor of Nursing and Coordinator at the Centennial College site of the Collaborative BScN program with Ryerson University, George Brown College, and Centennial College in Toronto. She received her Bachelor of Nursing degree from Dalhousie University in Halifax and her Master of Arts in Education from Central Michigan University. Her areas of clinical expertise are in adult medicine, surgery, and critical care. Janet has taught nursing in both the Diploma RN and Baccalaureate Nursing programs for over 30 years, primarily in the areas of Clinical Practice in acute adult Medical Surgical units, Nursing Skills Labs, Nursing Theory including dosage calculation for medication administration and Pathotherapeutics, including Pharmacology. Janet has been extensively involved in Program Review and curriculum development, including NCLEX integration. Janet has been a reviewer and editor for OERs, journal articles and current nursing textbooks, including previous Canadian editions of DOSAGE CALCULATIONS.
  • ​​New images and drug labels/packaging​
  • ​​New “Math Tips” for labels with more than one dosage supply, calculating number of tablets, and rounding milligrams​
  • ​​New “Application of Clinical Reasoning” questions​
  • ​​New content on rounding and tips for calculator use​
  • ​​New review questions using top medications used in Canada​
  • ​​New teaching examples of how to use dimensional analysis and ratio proportion​
  • ​Chapter Tutorials in MindTap provide videos, illustrations and alternative instructions to help students interpret and consolidate chapter concepts​
  • ​​Chapter Post-Tests in MindTap help students master the basic concepts of the chapter while building their confidence towards the course material​
  • ​​More than 1000 problems reflecting current drugs and protocols are included to practice skills and reinforce learning​
  • ​​Most syringes and measuring devices are drawn to scale to help readers master the measurement and reading of dosages​
  • ​​Over 200 Canadian labels of current and commonly prescribed medications are included to help the reader select the proper information required to determine the correct dosage​
  • ​​Numerous examples demonstrate the D/H x Q = X formula of calculating dosages​
  • ​​The dimensional analysis, and ratio and proportion methods are included in the beginning, giving instructors and students a choice of which method to use in calculating dosages​
  • ​​Clinical situations are simulated using actual medication labels, syringes, patient medication order forms, and medication administration records​
  • ​​NCLEX sample questions are included in each chapter​
Brief Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Key Features of Dosage Calculations
Mathematics Diagnostic Evaluation

Section 1 Mathematics Review
Chapter 1 Fractions and Decimals
Chapter 2 Ratios and Percents
Chapter 3 Systems of Measurement
Chapter 4 Calculation Methods Used in Determining Drug Dosages

Section 2 Measurement Systems, Drug Orders, and Drug Labels
Chapter 5 Equipment Used in Dosage Measurement
Chapter 6 Interpreting Drug Orders
Chapter 7 Drug Labels

Section 3 Drug Dosage Calculations
Chapter 8 Oral Dosages of Drugs
Chapter 9 Parenteral Dosages of Drugs
Chapter 10 Reconstitution of Solutions
Chapter 11 Pediatric and Adult Dosages Based on Body Weight

Section 4 Advanced Calculations
Chapter 12 Intravenous Solutions, Equipment, and Calculations
Chapter 13 Body Surface Area and Advanced Pediatric Calculations
Chapter 14 Advanced Adult Intravenous Calculations

Essential Skills Evaluation
Comprehensive Skills Evaluation
Index
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