Clinical Dosage Calculations 4e by Brotto and Rafferty is a practical, portable reference for nursing students. This text covers the basic maths and essential knowledge and skills to undertake the safe and accurate calculation of medication administration. Clinical Dosage Calculations is designed to help you master numeracy; you will learn about different types calculations and have many opportunities to practise, from basic arithmetic to more specialised calculations. It helps you deal with this vital part of clinical practice by using real life cases, worked examples, and actual drug charts and medication labels, providing you with context for the challenging task of calculating the correct dose to administer to patients.
Part 1 Fundamental Skills
1. Basic Mathematics
2. Units of measurement
3. Medication charts
4. Using quality and risk management principles
5. General dosage calculations
6. Infusion calculations
Part 2 Skills deepening
7. Paediatric calculations
8. Midwifery calculations
9. Critical Care and high dependency dosage calculations
10. Other specialist areas: Aged Care, mental health, oncology
Part 3 Skills practice
Practice questions
Answers
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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.
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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).
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NEW chapter - 'Other specialist areas'
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NEW electronic medical records and charts
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