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Calculate with Confidence,
Edition 9Editors: By Deborah C. Morris, RN, BSN, MA, LNC
Publication Date:
06 Jan 2026
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Learn how to make accurate drug calculations and administer medications safely! Calculate with Confidence, 9th Edition, makes it easy to understand the three major methods of dosage calculation — ratio and proportion, formula, and dimensional analysis. Clear, step-by-step instructions guide you through accurate calculation and safe administration of drug dosages. Thousands of practice problems ensure that you gain proficiency, patient safety is prioritized, and an emphasis on clinical judgment helps you prevent medication errors. Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Exam–style case studies help you improve clinical judgment skills. With this popular text from trusted educator Deborah C. Morris, you will learn to calculate drug dosages and administer medications with confidence and a high degree of patient safety!
Key Features
- More than 2,000 practice problems include a pre-test and a comprehensive post-test review
- Three-part approach to evaluating basic math skills includes a pre-test, comprehensive unit, and review tests
- Medication Administration chapter covers medication safety, a discussion of client rights, the basic six rights of medication administration, and routes of medication administration
- Chapter review problems (with answer key) test all major topics presented in the chapter and help you assess your understanding of chapter content
- Safety Alert boxes highlight issues that may lead to medication errors and empower you to identify actions that must be taken to avoid calculation errors
- Tips for Clinical Practice boxes call attention to information critical to math calculation and patient safety and equip you with the tools needed to follow best practices in patient care
- Rule boxes present important instructions essential to math calculations and familiarize you with information needed to accurately solve drug calculation problems
- Clinical Reasoning Scenarios discuss safety issues related to medication administration
- Points to Remember feature provides bulleted key points from the chapter
New Features
- NEW! Intravitreal route is now included in the discussion of routes of medication administration
- Expanded medication error information includes “near-miss “errors
- Updated content features newer drugs and the most up-to-date labels for all medications
- Expanded discussion of oral medications features improved format with charts for easier reading
- Expanded discussion on types of insulin includes a discussion of insulin-to-carbohydrate ratio and updates on the types of syringes available, including the U-50 dual syringe
- Updated Heparin chapter covers target-specific anticoagulants
- This title is also available in Sherpath! Sold separately, this innovative teaching and learning technology offers interactive course content and resources that streamline class preparation and assessment and give students personalized help to reach their learning goals. Sherpath fully includes the ebook of this title for all-in-one digital course delivery
About the author
By Deborah C. Morris, RN, BSN, MA, LNC, Professor of Nursing, Department of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Bronx Community College, Bronx, NY
Unit One Math Review
Pre-Test
1. Fractions
2. Decimals
3. Ratio and Proportion
4. Percentages
Post-Test
Unit Two Systems of Measurement
5. Metric System
6. Apothecary and Household Systems and Additional Measures Used in Medication Administration
7. Converting Within and Between Systems
8. Additional Conversions Useful in the Health Care Setting
Unit Three Methods of Administration and Calculation
9. Medication Administration
10. Understanding and Interpreting Medication Orders
11. Medication Administration Records and Drug Distribution Systems
12. Reading Medication Labels
13. Dosage Calculation Using the Ratio and Proportion Method
14. Dosage Calculation Using the Formula Method
15. Dosage Calculation Using the Dimensional Analysis Method
Unit Four Oral and Parenteral Dosage Forms and Insulin
16. Oral Medications
17. Parenteral Medications
18. Reconstitution of Solutions
19. Insulin
Unit Five Intravenous, Heparin, and Critical Care Calculations and Pediatric and Adult Calculations Based on Weight
20. Intravenous Solutions and Equipment
21. Intravenous Calculations
22. Heparin Calculations
23. Critical Care Calculations
24. Pediatric and Adult Dosage Calculations Based on Weight
Comprehensive Post-Test
References
Pre-Test
1. Fractions
2. Decimals
3. Ratio and Proportion
4. Percentages
Post-Test
Unit Two Systems of Measurement
5. Metric System
6. Apothecary and Household Systems and Additional Measures Used in Medication Administration
7. Converting Within and Between Systems
8. Additional Conversions Useful in the Health Care Setting
Unit Three Methods of Administration and Calculation
9. Medication Administration
10. Understanding and Interpreting Medication Orders
11. Medication Administration Records and Drug Distribution Systems
12. Reading Medication Labels
13. Dosage Calculation Using the Ratio and Proportion Method
14. Dosage Calculation Using the Formula Method
15. Dosage Calculation Using the Dimensional Analysis Method
Unit Four Oral and Parenteral Dosage Forms and Insulin
16. Oral Medications
17. Parenteral Medications
18. Reconstitution of Solutions
19. Insulin
Unit Five Intravenous, Heparin, and Critical Care Calculations and Pediatric and Adult Calculations Based on Weight
20. Intravenous Solutions and Equipment
21. Intravenous Calculations
22. Heparin Calculations
23. Critical Care Calculations
24. Pediatric and Adult Dosage Calculations Based on Weight
Comprehensive Post-Test
References
ISBN:
9780443127328
Page Count:
728
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