Drug Calculations: The Easy Way

Drug calculation test, Dosage calculation test, nursing math test, the NCLEX—each test, the bane of nursing, must be conquered if you want to be a nurse or obtain that dream nursing job. Drug calculation tests do not have to be your nemesis. They can be your friend; they can propel you above the competition—if you know how to master them.
The problem nursing students and practicing nurses have with dosage tests is not that they are incapable of doing the math but that they were never explained an easy technique—a trick—to solve every drug calculation problem you will ever face.
Drug Calculations: The Easy Way does just that: It shows you a technique that works on any drug calculation problem you will face on any nursing math test—nursing school math test, NCLEX math test, or job application math test.
Never again get that dreaded feeling when you read questions such as:
A) A man weighing 280 pounds comes to the emergency department by ambulance after falling in a hole at work; he broke his right ankle. The doctor wants to sedate this man—to place his ankle in a cast—and has asked you to draw up 2.5 mg/kg of Propofol. Your Propofol vial has a concentration of 10 mg/ml. How many milliliters (ml) do you draw up?
B) A 9-year-old girl is in room 234 recovering from surgery because her appendix ruptured yesterday; she is running a fever. The doctor believes the child is septic and has ordered a 20 ml/kg bolus of normal saline. The patient weighs 94 pounds. How much fluid do you give this patient?
C) The power is out in the emergency department. You need to give Rocephinâ„¢ 1 gm IV to a pregnant patient that has a urinary tract infection (UTI) to ensure she does not go into earlier labor. One gram of Rocephinâ„¢ is diluted in a 50 ml bag. The doctor has ordered this medication to infuse over 15 minutes. What drip rate on your tubing do you need to set to give this drug properly? You have macro tubing with a drop factor of 15 gtts/ml.

Did you get that anxious feeling when reading any of the above problems? If you answered yes, you have found the e-book that will solve your drug calculation problems—forever. Read this e-book and conquer your fears of drug calculations.
Maybe you haven’t decided to read this e-book yet, but no matter how hard you try, you can’t seem to understand drug calculation problems. You may want to read this e-book now or after your next drug calculation test. But you are free not to.
“If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” — Benjamin Franklin