Medication Errors Review

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(More customer reviews)Medication errors is a virtual encylcopedia on medication errors. This text provides a strong theoretical background and numerous practical tips for reducing medication errors. The book expands the definition ofmedication errors beyond the well-known "five rights" ofmedication administration. Medication errors also include a failure todetect drug interactions, too rapid rates of administration, and poorpatient adherence to treatment instructions. I highly suggest this book forpharmacists, physicians, nurses, hospital administrators, risk managers,and pharmacy technicians.

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Medication Errors is the most comprehensive, authoritative examination of the causes of and means to preventing medication errors in print. It helps readers understand the system-based causes of medication errors, including pharmaceutical trademarks, drug packaging and labeling, and error-prone abbreviations and dose expressions, as well as the patient's role in preventing medication errors. The book also examines prevention of medication errors in relation to specific medications, patients, and conditions; reduction of risk and creation of a just culture of safety through medication error reporting systems; disclosure of medication errors to patients; risk analysis and treatment; and the clinical bioethics of safe medication practices.

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Dosage Calculations Made Incredibly Easy! (Incredibly Easy! Series) Review

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(More customer reviews)I am so pleased with this book. I got it to help me with my Math for Meds class, and I just loved it. Everything is explained so well.

The first 6 chapters covered algebra stuff. I have recently had algebra, so this was just a nice review for me, but for those of you who haven't had it in years, this book is a godsend.

The chapters on actually med-type stuff are great. There are tons of examples and a mini quiz at the end of each chapter. The tables, charts, graphs, and graphics are great.

I highly recommend this book. It is a must have for every pre-nursing/nursing major or nurse.

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Now in its Fourth Edition, Dosage Calculations Made Incredibly Easy! contains everything health care practitioners need to review and students need to learn about calculating drug dosages. This entertaining and informative reference reviews the basic math needed to perform dosage calculation, including fractions, decimals, percentages, ratios, and proportions. It walks the nurse through the interpretation of hundreds of examples of drug orders and the performance of hundreds of complex dosage calculations, and provides information on deciphering difficult abbreviations, dealing with unclear handwriting, reading medication labels, selecting administration equipment, and more. Special elements found throughout the book make it easy to remember key points.Purchasers of this edition will also have access to the newest information on drugs at www.edruginfo.com.

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Clinical Calculations Made Easy: Solving Problems Using Dimensional Analysis Review

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(More customer reviews)Simply stated, too much of this book reads like a verbose dissertation. For instance, "The 4.5ml/hr is the wanted quantity and is the answer to the problem."p. 142

Wanted quantity...what's wrong with, "4.5ml/hr is the answer!"

This type of wordiness is evident throughout the book and is totally without merit.

The author has developed equations called, "sequential method", and "random method" to problem solve. Nurses don't need to re-think simple math. The authors' computations are confusing...and I've been calculating drips for 10 years.

Finally, I'd like to comment on the drug conentrations used in problems. On page 141, Dobutamine is used in a problem with a concentration of 250mg/50cc. I understand that, theoretically, a nurse should be able to solve any drip problem. And perhaps the patient required extremely strict fluid parameters. But rarely, if ever, would a nurse see this concentration in real life. This drug has come premixed for years. Mixing is antiquated and, potentially, a step when errors can occur.

Still presenting drams and grains--without at least noting the utter abandonment of such measurements in this day and age--is a disservice to any new nurse.

New nurses should be presented with real-life scenarios in order to build strong clinical foundations.

These authors, I feel, are completely out of touch with contemporary hospital practices and should not be authoring critical information.

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Now in its Fifth Edition, this book presents a systematic approach to solving dosage calculation problems using dimensional analysis. The book uses the simple-to-complex approach, focusing on understanding how to problem solve, and is, therefore, divided into four sections. 1.) Clinical Calculations introduces the concepts and includes a comprehensive pre-test. 2.) Practice Problems allows students the opportunity to refine their skills 3.)Case Studies (45) helps the student relate dosage calculations to real clinical situations. 4.) A Comprehensive Post-Test contains 25 questions allowing the instructor to assess the student's mastery of solving clinical calculations using dimensional analysis.

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Pharmaceutical Calculations 13th edition Review

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(More customer reviews)One major drawback:There is no solutions manual.Granted, the answers are at the ends of chapters, and this is all right for the most part.But there are some questions for which a simple answer is inadequate.Either the chapter lesson leaves the student unprepared to answer the question, or the wording of the question is ambiguous, so the student has to work backwards from the answer.A book of highly technical calculations, especially by the 13th edition should have a solutions manual.

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The gold standard textbook in its area for over sixty years, Pharmaceutical Calculations is now in its Thirteenth Edition. Every chapter has been revised and updated to reflect the basic calculations applicable to the contemporary practice of pharmacy.The thirteenth edition of Pharmaceutical Calculations represents a thorough update of this textbook which for over six decades has met the needs of students in this important subject area. One of the most apparent changes in this edition is the inclusion of learning objectives for each chapter. The intent is not only to define the purpose and direct the student's focus but also to provide a basis for self-assessment following completion.Another important addition, appearing in the Introduction, presents a step-wise approach in solving calculations problems which should prove beneficial to students toward understanding and building confidence.

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