Clinical Dosage Calculations,
3rd Edition

Part 1 - Fundamental skills
1 Basic mathematics
2 Units of measurement
3 Medication charts
4 Using quality and risk management principles in dosage calculations
5 General dosage calculations
6 Infusion calculations

Part 2 - Skills deepening
7 Paediatric calculations
8 Aged care calculations
9 Midwifery calculations
10 Mental health calculations
11 Critical care and high dependency dosage calculations
12 Oncology calculations

Part 3 - Skills practice
Practice questions
Answers

• Vanessa Brotto

  Vanessa Brotto was previously a Lecturer in the School of Nursing at Deakin University teaching in the Bachelor of Nursing degree, the postgraduate Diploma of Critical Care and the Master of Nursing Practice (Nurse Practitioner) degrees. She has worked as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Intensive Care and Post Anaesthetic Care (PACU) at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne as well as in Clinical Education for many years. Vanessa was at Deakin University for 12 years and has a passion for using diverse teaching methods and making the classroom a fun and engaging learning space. Vanessa won a university teaching award for her approach to teaching large classes in 2006 and remains keen to make learning dosage calculations easier and relevant for all students. Vanessa left academia to take up roles in public service, starting with a position as the Head of Centre for Family Violence at Victoria Police, and is currently on secondment as Executive Director- Homeless Emergency Response at Victorian Department of Families, Fairness & Housing.

• Kate Rafferty

  Kate Rafferty has worked in the hospital & health care industry alongside her career as a nurse educator. Skilled in nursing education, nursing management, medical-surgical, intensive care, perioperative nursing and acute care, she focuses on improving access to quality emergency and aged care services in the community. Most recently she was a theatre nurse and trainer at the Peter McCallum Cancer Centre, and currently works in a number of roles including Covid vaccination, GP practice management, and operating theatres. Previously she was a teacher at South West Institute of TAFE in Warrnambool, teaching in the Certificate IV of Nursing, and coordinating several traineeships in the Health affiliated areas across Victoria. Kate has also worked as an educator at Deakin University as a sessional teacher. She has worked as a registered nurse in Cardiac Intensive Care in the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children and as perioperative nurse at St Vincent’s and St Vincent Private Hospitals in Melbourne. She has also worked in coordinators’ roles at St John of God in Warrnambool and a Unit Manager in Aged Care (High Care Dementia).

• Updated with NEW medication labels

• Updated with NEW medication charts, including the national residential medication chart

• Updated descriptions of how to divide decimals and converting decimals to fractions

• Updated end-of-book practice questions

• Full-colour real medication labels and real medication charts, syringe diagrams and equipment photos all combine to give students a visual reference to the material they will encounter in clinical practice

• Worked examples, clinical case studies and activities demonstrate to students how to work out key calculations vital to safe and accurate medication administration

• The text covers both the formula method and the proportions method, using basic maths and ratio principles to solve dosage calculations. This supports students who struggle with formulae and who might wish to try a different approach

• Formula boxes guide students through the correct mathematical processes and provide ready reference in the front and back covers

• The text also incorporates specialist area chapters of paediatrics, aged care, midwifery, critical care, high dependency and oncology. These chapters allow students to practise calculations commonly found in these areas, giving a clinical basis for their learning

• Important national concepts/initiatives such as ‘Risk Management’ and ‘Quality Use of Medicines’ are introduced in terms of their application to performing dosage calculations

• Safety boxes highlight important safety tips and procedures, including the ‘Ten steps for safe use of a medication' chart to ensure an overall systematic process for calculating doses and establishing which medicines are due/available to administer to a client

• Chapter 14 contains answers to in-text activities

• Solutions manual available for instructors, along with a test bank and PowerPoint slides

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