Drug Math

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CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="51" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 59 WIDTH="49"><div> <B>D</b></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> rug math is a hugely important part of nursing, so it is critical to have your skills down pat.  Practice, practice, practice!  Not just to pass your exams or a class - practice because lives will depend on your skills in the not-so-distant future.  Many nursing programs require a 100% score on drug math tests before you are allowed to progress any further...and some schools will even give you the boot.  Harsh?  Nope - not at all.  There isn't room for errors when it comes to drug math.</div> <bR> <div> To help you out, we've scouted some great internet resources you can use to supplement your studies:</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="573" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 375 WIDTH="360"><div> <A HREF="http://www.accd.edu/sac/nursing/math/default.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.accd.edu/sac/nursing/math/def"><U><B>Pharmacology Math Tutorial For Nurses</b></U></A></div> <div> This online tutorial hosted by the Alamo Community College District covers common conversion factors and equivalencies, abbreviations, ratios and proportions, IV and titration, and pediatric pharmacology math.  Once you have completed the tutorial, there are online quizzes you can take, with automatic grading.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.findarticles.com/m3231/3_30/60130361/p1/article.jhtml" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.findarticles.com/m3231/3_30/6"><U><B>Doing Two-Step Dosage Calculations</b></U></A></div> <div> "Most dosage calculations require more than one equation. For example, a health care provider may order a drug in tablet, capsule, or liquid form in grains, but it may be available only in milligrams. When this happens, you need to convert from one measurement system to another before deciding how much medication to administer."  This article takes a look at how to perform two-step dosage calculations.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www2.kumc.edu/instruction/nursing/n420/clinical/basic_review.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www2.kumc.edu/instruction/nursing"><U><B>Basic Drug Calculations Review</b></U></A></div> <div> This review comes from the University of Kansas School of Nursing and covers parenteral, nonparenteral and intravenous medication calculations, as well as pediatric dosage calculations.</div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="5" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="200" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#003399" BORDERCOLORDARK="#003399" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFCC80 HEIGHT= 39 ><NOBR><div> <B>LINKS TO</b></div> <div> <B>FREE DOWNLOADS!</b></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 282 WIDTH="182"><bR> <div> <B>Drug Calculations for Nurses</b><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > generates drug calculation quiz questions relating to metric conver-sions, tablet dosages, fluid dosages, intravenous flow rates and intravenous simulations. Questions are randomly generated based on a database of drugs. Help & solutions are included.</FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/8517/drugcalc.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/8517"><U><IMG SRC="76e96320.gif" border=0 width="150" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>More resources will be added as we find them.  If you know of a great online resource for drug math, </I></div> <div> <I>let us know!  E-mail your suggestions to </I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0033CC" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:kcsun3@yahoo.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:kcsun3@yahoo.com"><U><I>kcsun3@yahoo.com</I></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#top" TITLE="Drug Math"><U>Return to the top</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="526" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FFCC80" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FFCC80" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFCC80 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFCC80 HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="526"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="526" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Advertisements:</div> <div> <B> <br> <center><a href="http://wwnurse.com/cgi-local/adcredir.pl" target="_top"> <script> document.write('<img src="http://wwnurse.com/cgi-local/adcnet.pl?kcsun33&'+Math.random()+'" border="0" width="468" height="60"></a><br><a href="http://wwnurse.com/cgi-local/adcclick.pl?kcsun33" target="_top"><img src="http://wwnurse.com/NurseLink/images/network.gif" border="0" width="468" height="20"></a>'); </script> </center>   </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>   <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 width=468><tr> <td align="center"><IFRAME SRC="http://ibg.hitbox.com/ace?id=44313&hb=WQ501024IHZW48EN5" width=468 height=60 marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 frameborder=0 scrolling=no> <a target="_top" href="http://ics.hitbox.com/csr?id="><img src="http://ibg.hitbox.com/ace?id=44313&hb=WQ501024IHZW48EN5&i=n" border=0 width=468 height=60 alt="Click Here"></a></IFRAME></td></tr> <tr><td><A href="http://counter.hitbox.com/a/joinbar.cgi" target="_top"> <IMG SRC="http://hg1.hitbox.com/HG?hc=wf155&l=y&hb=WQ501024IHZW48EN5&cd=1&n=DrugMath2" height=15 width=468 ALT="Click Here!" border=0></A></td></tr></table>    </b></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=30 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> Copyright </b><B>© 2000-2002 Stephanie Thibeault, The Student Nurse Forum</b></div> <div> <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About This Site"><U>About This Site</U></A>     <A HREF="id127.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Privacy"><U>Privacy</U></A>     <A HREF="id128.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Disclaimer"><U>Disclaimer</U></A>     <A HREF="id129.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U>Copyright</U></A>     <A HREF="id130.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Terms Conditions"><U>Terms & Conditions</U></A>     <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A>    <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Site Map"><U>Site Map</U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>