Dimensional analysis for meds : simplified dosage calculations
Anna M. Curren (Auteur)
Dosage calculation is taught to every Pre-Licensure Nursing student (LPN to BSN), typically as part of a dosage calculation course or as part of the fundamentals course. There are 3 standard methods of dosage calculation, dimensional analysis, ratio-proportion, and formula method. Dimensional analysis is the simplest and most accurate dosage calculation method in use. It leverages one equation in order to complete the calculation. Anna Curren applies her experience, knowledge, and proven method to continue to refine and update content to meet today's student's learning styles with the latest refinement of the dimensional analysis method. Her conversational writing style brings the students to a safe place in the often intimating realm of math. All content has been reviewed and updated appropriately. The Seventh Edition has been carefully updated to present drug dosage essentials from simple to complex. Instruction is presented using an interactive approach to address different learning styles, ensuring that all students can successfully master basic dosage and metric system calculations. The decision to teach dimensional analysis as the ONLY calculation method is deliberate because it is the only method that reduces multiple-step clinical calculations to a single, easy-to-solve equation. Manual refresher math is limited to that which is specifically required for dimensional analysis. Calculator use throughout the text is recommended. The bulk of dosage-related calculations of necessity must and will be learned in clinical practice following graduation. In this edition, everything necessary to make the transition to clinical learning has been covered. This edition has a second dominating focus: the elimination of all content unrelated to the specific objectives of basic math instruction
Livre imprimé, English, 2026
Seventh edition
Jones & Bartlett Learning, Burlington, MA, 2026