Brown And Mulholland's Drug Calculations

Detailed Features

This book is a market-leading resource for nursing students and healthcare professionals learning to perform drug calculations using the ratio and proportion method. It is highly valued for its realistic practice problems and its unique "proof" step in the answer key, which allows users to double-check their work and prevent medication errors.

Key Features:

• Focus on Ratio and Proportion: The text is built around the ratio and proportion method, providing over 1,100 practice problems to ensure proficiency.
• Emphasis on Patient Safety: The book promotes critical thinking, clinical judgment, and patient safety. "Clinical Alerts" are included to highlight potential and common drug calculation errors in real-world practice.
• Comprehensive Practice Tools: End-of-chapter materials include general worksheets, multiple-choice worksheets, critical thinking exercises, and chapter finals.
• Realistic Visuals: Full-color drug labels and equipment illustrations provide a realistic representation of medication administration.
• Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Preparation: The book includes new NGN-style questions with rationales to help students prepare for the exam.
• Updated Content: The 12th edition features updated drug information, vocabulary definitions, and content that incorporates the 2020 Hospital National Patient Safety Goals.
• Dedicated "Safe Medication Administration" Chapter: This chapter helps users prevent medication errors and understand how to read drug labels, medication administration forms, and provider order forms.