Clinical Nursing Calculations (eBook)

Sandra Megerdichian, Susan Sienkiewicz (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
650 Seiten
Jones & Bartlett Learning (Verlag)
9781284288063 (ISBN)

Infos

Every new print copy includes Navigate Advantage Access that unlocks an interactive eBook, student practice activities and assessments, additional NCLEX Next-Gen questions, clinical skills videos, a full suite of instructor resources, and learning analytics reporting tools.Accurate dosage calculation is essential for all nurses to master. It is crucial to equip students with the right tools to build a strong foundation and establish lifelong confidence in calculation and maintaining patient safety. The updated Clinical Nursing Calculations, Third Edition empowers students with the confidence and skills to safely calculate the right medication dosage to their patients. Drawing from their extensive experience across the continuum of care, the authors employ the CASE approach (Convert, Approximate, Solve, Evaluate) for performing dosage calculations while presenting side-by-side comparisons of all three methods of calculation. This systematic step-by-step approach accounts for students' different learning styles, whether they prefer to utilize the Ratio-Proportion, Formula Method, or Dimensional Analysis method of calculation.The updated Third Edition features expanded content on nutrition and insulin pen calculations, a focus on legal implications of medication administration, exercises targeting safe practice with high-alert medications, examples given in eMar and electronic health record format, and new videos that demonstrate clinical calculation skills. Realistic dosages, practical clinical application, chapter case studies, a step-by-step approach, and interactive learning tools make Clinical Nursing Calculations, Third Edition a perfect resource for all pre-licensure nursing students. Two New digital learning features available on Navigate Advantage help to illuminate the pathway to safety, or safe medication administration:Illuminations: Video Calculation Clips are short video clips that demonstrate the key math skills covered throughout the text to include metric conversions, basic dosage calculations, computations requiring reconstitution, basic and critical care IV calculations, safe dosage determination, and implementation of a weight-based heparin.Illuminations: Mastery Assessments are a set of 14 questions per chapter, four of which are Next Generation NCLEX-style items.New feature titled Illuminations: Clinical Judgment Queries, presents a set of rigorous NCLEX-style questions that promote critical thinking to prepare students for the Next Generation NCLEX.New reference, Illuminations: Calculations Quick Guide, was added to the end of the book as a concise reference of key math skills covered throughout the text. It includes metric conversions, basic dosage calculations, safe dosage determination, and more.Information on safe medication administration was updated to align with current regulations, guidelines, and competencies for safe medication administration from the CDC, The Joint Commission, National Patient Safety Goals, and QSEN.Each chapter opens and closes with a case study that draws from real-life scenarios students could encounter in clinical practice.Every new print copy includes access to Navigate Advantage with robust learning resources to support self-paced learning, including the interactive eBook with Quizzes and Knowledge Checks, the Illuminations: Video Calculation Clips, and Illuminations: Mastery Assessments.Instructor resources include narrated Slides in PowerPoint format, an Instructor's Solutions Manual, Additional NCLEX Questions, and Test Bank. Math for MedsClinical Nursing Calculations (c) 2025 | 650 pages

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.2.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• ISBN-13: 9781284288063 / 9781284288063