Clinical Calculations: A Unified Approach - Softcover

This Fourth Edition text introduces dimensional analysis as the method for calculating all drug dosages. The use of a single, consistent method for dosage calculations helps eliminate confusion, reduce errors, and build confidence. Chapters include numerous examples, practice problems, and self-quizzes to enable students to monitor their progress. Actual drug labels are used to simulate clinical situations and provide students with relevant practice. This proven text helps students build confidence as they learn the important skill of dosage calculations. Supplements Instructor's Manual 0-7668-0200-0 - 32 pages

This Fourth Edition text introduces dimensional analysis as the method for calculating all drug dosages. The use of a single, consistent method for dosage calculations helps eliminate confusion, reduce errors, and build confidence. This book applies the dimensional analysis approach to all three systems of measurement, metric, apothecaries, and household, with an emphasis on recognizing relationships among the three systems. Readers are required to memorize only a few basic equivalents and they're on their way to mastering dosage calculations.