Math for Meds: Dosage and Solutions

by Anna M. Curren

Follow the leader. Math for Meds has helped nearly one million nurses and other health care professionals become safe practitioners of dosage calculations. This classic resource continues to blaze the trail into a ninth edition, with its ratio and proportion method and building-block organization. Hundreds of full-color images of drug labels, syringes, and equipment complement the range of calculation competencies - from reading medication labels to calculating flow rates for heparin infusion. The straightforward language has also been retained, as the ninth edition preserves the tradition of making the complex understandable.

Genres: Nursing

319 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

Reviews

[Derrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has many advantages for learning medical math, however in Chapter 9 several of the questions have the wrong answer in the book. Good for everything else!

[Shalee Jackson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I Left the School. I Kept the Book.

I picked this up in 2005 when I enrolled in a pharmacy tech program. The program was terrible and I left. But this book came with me and never left my bag.

The morning of my PTCB exam I opened it and saw drip rates, concentrations, and body surface area calculations for the first time in my life. I had never covered those topics before that day. I worked through them, walked into the exam and passed.

Nearly 20 years and a hospital pharmacy career later it is still my go to. I recommend it to every technician I know.

[JustJams · Rating 5 out of 5]

There were lots of moments, when the course work was complicated and difficult, that I had little panic attacks. I thought there was no way I could learn this new and complex information. But if I keep reading or rereading, it all worked it's self out. This book was very very good at teaching me what I needed to know to pass the Medical Dosage class.

[Nickie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this review of medication math quite helpful. What I didn't like was the lack of any followup of previous chapters as far as testing went. And there was not final review of the whole book. Funny that I feel I understand the math process better now then I did 25 years ago.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Seriously, this is the most well-written math book I've ever used!

[Laura · Rating 1 out of 5]

super unclear and full of mistakes, a really poor choice for a text book.

[Eric · Rating 3 out of 5]

Made problems simple, however, there were errors found in the book.

[Elizabeth Catharine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Med math

Very easy read. Examples make it easy to read and comprehend. No big language used. Medical experience preferred. Would recommend for others.