Dosage Calculations for Nurses

The ability to calculate drug dosages accurately and quickly is an essential skill for nurses, but its an area that can cause anxiety.  With a workbook style, comprehensive coverage and over 1,000 problems and answers, Dosage Calculations for Nurses allows you to work at your own pace in the areas where you need the most support.  

Dosage Calculations for Nurses:

• Covers safe drug administration, systems of measurement, oral and parenteral medications, solutions and paediatric dosages

• A maths review helps the student to brush up on their maths skills

• Both generic and trade drug names are covered

• Critical thinking case studies, practice tests and exercises prepare students for real calculations

• Comprehensive practice sections at the end of each chapter ensure understanding of difficult concepts

About the Authors

June L. Olsen is Professor of Nursing (Emeritus) at the College of Staten Island, Staten Island, NY.

Anthony Patrick Giangrasso is Professor of Mathematics at LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, NY.

Dolores M. Shrimpton is Professor of Nursing and Chairperson, Department of Nursing at Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY.

Patricia M. Dillon is Professor of Nursing and Deputy Chairperson, Department of Natural and Applied Science at LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, NY.

Sheila Cunningham is a principal lecturer in nursing at Middlesex University, London.