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Brown and Mulholland’s Drug Calculations,
Edition 13 Ratio and Proportion Problems for Clinical PracticeEditors: By Ann Tritak-Elmiger, EdD, RN and Margaret Daingerfield, EdD, RN, CNE
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07 Jan 2026
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Learn how to safely, accurately, and confidently calculate medication dosages! Brown and Mulholland’s Drug Calculations: Ratio and Proportion Problems for Clinical Practice is recognized for its realistic practice problems and unique “proof” step in the answer key, which allows you to double-check your answers and avoid medication errors. Helpful worksheets and assessment tests allow you to gauge your progress, while Clinical Alerts call attention to situations in actual practice that have resulted in drug errors. This edition continues to promote critical thinking, clinical judgment, and patient safety with updates related to safe medication administration, new medications and drug labels, and updated Next-Generation NCLEX® practice problems and case studies.
Key Features
- More than 1,100 ratio and proportion problems offer the extensive practice you need to become proficient in this method of drug calculation
- Step-by-step format for each problem includes a unique “proof” step in the answer key to ensure you understand the solution
- Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN) exam–style questions in select chapters are accompanied by answer keys with rationales for correct answers
- Hospital National Patient Safety Goals offer valuable guidance on identifying patients correctly, using medications safely, and preventing infection
- End-of-chapter practice tools include general worksheets, multiple-choice worksheets, critical thinking exercises, chapter finals, and a chapter answer key
- Safe Medication Administration chapter helps you learn how to prevent medication errors and understand drug labels, medication administration forms, and provider order forms
- Clinical Alerts highlight potential and common drug calculation errors
- Full-color drug labels and equipment illustrations provide a realistic representation of medication administration
New Features
- UPDATED coverage presents the most current drug information and the latest medication administration equipment and techniques
- UPDATED guidance from The Joint Commission, National Patient Safety Goals, and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) provides the most up-to-date safety recommendations
- NEW coverage of type 2 diabetes medications includes information on disposable insulin pump systems such as Omnipod
- NEW and UPDATED drug labels show the information you’ll see in clinical settings for problem-solving and medication calculation
- ENHANCED emphasis on safe medication administration discusses the importance of a safe preparation area, Black Box Warnings, the three-step medication check, and actions/inactions that may lead to errors
- UPDATED Next-Generation NCLEX® exam-style practice problems and case studies offer valuable practice and review
About the author
By Ann Tritak-Elmiger, EdD, RN, Associate Dean – Department of Graduate Nursing and Director DNP Program, Felician University, Lodi, New Jersey. Professor of Graduate Nursing Faculty, USA and Margaret Daingerfield, EdD, RN, CNE, Margaret (Peggy) Daingerfield is currently Associate Professor, Director of the MSN Program. Department of Graduate Nursing, Felician University, Lodi, NJ, USA
1. General Mathematics
2. Ratio and Proportion
3. Safe Medication Administration
4. Medication Measurements and Oral Dose Calculations
5. Injectable Medication Calculations
6. Reconstitution of Medications From Powders and Crystals: Oral and Intramuscular
7. Basic Intravenous Therapy Calculations
8. Advanced Intravenous Calculations
9. Insulin Administration and Type 2 Diabetes Medications
10. Parenteral Nutrition
11. Anticoagulants
12. Pediatric Dosages
2. Ratio and Proportion
3. Safe Medication Administration
4. Medication Measurements and Oral Dose Calculations
5. Injectable Medication Calculations
6. Reconstitution of Medications From Powders and Crystals: Oral and Intramuscular
7. Basic Intravenous Therapy Calculations
8. Advanced Intravenous Calculations
9. Insulin Administration and Type 2 Diabetes Medications
10. Parenteral Nutrition
11. Anticoagulants
12. Pediatric Dosages
ISBN:
9780443127151
Page Count:
544
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