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Secrets of Mental Math: The Mathemagician's Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks
These simple math secrets and tricks will forever change how you look at the world of numbers Secrets of Mental Math will have you thinking like a math genius in no time. Get ready to amaze your friends—and yourself—with incredible calculations you never thought you could master, as renowned “mathemagician” Arthur Benjamin shares his techniques for lightning-quick calculations and amazing number tricks. This book will teach you to do math in your head faster than you ever thought possible, dramatically improve your memory for numbers, and—maybe for the first time—make mathematics fun. Yes, even you can learn to do seemingly complex equations in your head; all you need to learn are a few tricks. You’ll be able to quickly multiply and divide triple digits, compute with fractions, and determine squares, cubes, and roots without blinking an eye. No matter what your age or current math ability, Secrets of Mental Math will allow you to perform fantastic feats of the mind effortlessly. This is the math they never taught you in school. Also available as an eBook.
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Dosage Calculations
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Clinical Calculations: With Applications to General and Specialty Areas
Covering all four major drug calculation methods, this resource makes it easy to learn and apply drug calculations used in nursing practice today. Clear explanations of ratio & proportion, formula, fractional equation, and dimensional analysis allow you to choose the method that works best for you. A variety of realistic practice problems cover specialty areas and lifespan issues including pediatric, critical care, labor and delivery, and community settings. - Specialty areas and lifespan issues are addressed with drug calculation problems on pediatrics, critical care, pediatric critical care, labor and delivery, and the community setting.
- All four major drug calculation methods are included - ratio & proportion, formula, fractional equation, and dimensional analysis - allowing you to choose the method that works best for you.
- Caution boxes provide safety alerts for various medications and their administration.
- Coverage of the latest drug administration techniques and devices includes detailed explanations of oral, intravenous, intra-muscular, subcutaneous and other routes used in drug administration.
- A comprehensive post-test allows you to test your knowledge of all major topics covered in the text.
- Updated and easier to use, a companion CD supports the book with realistic exercises, 565 practice problems, and a comprehensive post-test.
- Useful appendices include step-by-step guidelines for the administration of oral, injectable, and intravenous medications, along with at-a-glance access to the BSA Nomogram for Adults and the West Nomogram for Infants and Children.
- Guidelines set by The Joint Commission are followed, helping you to reduce medication errors and increase patient safety by using only the recommended abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols.
- Calculations now address obese and debilitated patients by including Body Mass Index (BMI), Ideal Body Weight (IBW), and Adjusted Body Weight (ABW) methods of calculation.
- Updated coverage of Pediatric Critical Care and Labor and Delivery reflects current parameters and guidelines for practice.
- Coverage of hydration replacement shows how to determine the fluid needs of adults and the elderly.
- Coverage of administering medication and medication solutions in the home prepares you for care of patients in home health care settings.
- Coverage of calculating BMI with standard criteria helps you assess a patient's overall health and measure obesity.
- Updated drug labels, illustrations, and photos of pumps and IV equipment reflect the latest drugs and technology used in the market.
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Calculation of Drug Dosages: A Work Text
Gain the practical skills you need to competently and confidently calculate drug dosages, even if you dislike math. All it takes is practice - and Calculation of Drug Dosages, 8th Edition gives you the most practice of any drug calculation book available! First, it provides an extensive review of essential math concepts before introducing and clearly explaining the ratio and proportion, formula, and dimensional analysis methods of drug calculation. The book's popular "worktext" format builds on concepts as you go and reinforces what you learn with over 2,000 practice problems in the book and on the accompanying CD-ROM. - An extensive math review reinforces basic math skills that are essential for accurate drug dosage calculation. Once you've identified your strengths and weaknesses on the pretest, it's easy to work toward improving specific competencies.
- Chapter worksheets provide ample opportunities to practice solving realistic problems.
- Posttests at the end of most chapters help you assess your understanding of chapter content.
- Content is organized in a progression from simple to complex, building on prior knowledge and applying it to new material so you retain more of what you've learned.
- A Comprehensive Posttest at the end of the book provides additional practice and accurately gauges your understanding of key concepts.
- Learning objectives explain what you should have accomplished upon completion of each chapter.
- A glossary in the back of the book defines important terms.
- An answer key provides step-by-step solutions for practice problems presented in the worksheets and posttests, shown in both the ratio and proportion and formula methods. Answers only are provided for the comprehensive posttest.
- Current Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) recommendations emphasize the importance of avoiding ambiguous abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols that could result in medication errors.
- The Safety in Medication Administration chapter helps you reduce the possibility of medical errors or injuries by providing information on specific measures to take to protect your patients.
- More than 200 practice problems have been added to this edition for even more practice, bringing the total number of problems to over 2,000.
- Additional content on calculating medications for neonates based on weight in grams helps you accurately calculate dosages for low birth weight infants.
- A set of 18 tear-out flash cards, perforated in the back of the book, offers a flexible, convenient way to study and memorize abbreviations, formulas, and conversions found in the book.
- Updated drug labels and equipment photos throughout the book reflect the latest drugs and technology used in the market.
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Price: $47.25
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Medical Dosage Calculations (9th Edition)
Completely revised and updated to include the latest practices and medication, Medical Dosage Calculations, 9/e maintains its user-friendly structure and offers nurses a comprehensive yet accessible drug calculation text and workbook. With over 1,000 practice problems, illustrative examples, critical thinking case studies, and comprehensive self-tests this book gives readers the skills and understanding to master this crucial area of nursing studies..
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Pharmaceutical Calculations
The gold standard textbook in its area for sixty years, Pharmaceutical Calculations is now in its Twelfth Edition. Every chapter has been revised and updated to reflect the basic calculations applicable to the contemporary practice of pharmacy. This edition provides expanded coverage of enteral and parenteral nutrition. New features include "Calculations Capsules" -boxed summaries of the type of calculation presented in each chapter, and "A Case in Point" -practical cases with step-by-step solutions to demonstrate each type of calculation. Review exercises at the end of the book are completely updated. This edition includes answers to all practice and review problems. .
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Henke's Med-Math: Dosage Calculation, Preparation and Administration (Buxhholz, Henke's Med-Math)
Now in its Sixth Edition, this best-selling text features a highly visual, hands-on approach to learning dosage calculations and principles of drug administration. It presents step-by-step approaches to solving problems and includes dosage problems that simulate actual clinical experience. Each chapter includes numerous examples, self-tests, and proficiency tests. This edition covers all four dosage calculation methods-formula, ratio, and proportion side by side in each chapter, and dimensional analysis in a new chapter. Drug labels are current, and problems use JCAHO-approved abbreviations. A handy quick-reference plastic pull-out card shows conversions and formulas. .
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Clinical Calculations Made Easy: Solving Problems Using Dimensional Analysis
Now in its Fourth Edition, this book presents a systematic approach to solving dosage calculation problems using dimensional analysis. The book incorporates the simple to complex approach, focusing on understanding how to problem solve. This text uses the simple-to-complex approach in teaching students clinical calculations and is, therefore, divided into four sections. 1.) Clinical Calculations introduces the concepts and includes a comprehensive pre-test. 2.) Practice Problems allows the student the opportunity to refine the skills presented in section 3.)Case Studies (35) helps the student relate dosage calculations to real clinical situations. 4.) A Comprehensive Post-Test contains 25 questions allowing the instructor to assess the student's mastery of solving clinical calculations using dimensional analysis. .
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Math for Nurses: A Pocket Guide to Dosage Calculation and Drug Preparation
Now in its Seventh Edition, this pocket guide is a compact, portable, easy-to-use reference for dosage calculation and drug administration. The author uses a step-by-step approach with frequent examples to illustrate problem-solving and practical applications. Coverage includes review of mathematics, measurement systems, and a comprehensive section on dosage calculations. .
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