Gloria D. Pickar, RN, EdD
President and Chief Academic Officer, Compass Knowledge Group Bio: Gloria D. Pickar, R.N., Ed.D. is President
and Chief Academic Officer of Compass Knowledge Group in Orlando, Florida. She is a former Academic Dean at Seminole
State College in Sanford, Florida, and is among our most successful Delmar authors. In addition to nine editions
of DOSAGE CALCULATIONS, the most popular dosage calculation book on the market, she also authored three editions
of Dosage Calculations: A Ratio- Proportion Approach.
Amy Pickar Abernethy, MD
Amy Pickar Abernethy, MD, is Associate Professor of Medicine and Nursing at Duke University in Durham, North
Carolina.
Summary
Best-selling DOSAGE CALCULATIONS, 9th Edition
features a three-step approach to basic and advanced Formula Method
calculations, along with a reader-friendly writing style, thorough math
review, handy "work text" format.
Table of Contents
Part I: MATHEMATICS REVIEW.
1. Fractions and Decimals.
2. Ratios, Percents, Simple Equations, and Ratio-Proportion.
Part I Self-Evaluation. Mathematics Diagnostic Evaluation.
Part II: MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS, DRUG ORDERS, AND DRUG LABELS.
3. Systems of Measurement.
4. Conversions: Metric, Apothecary, and Household Systems.
5. Conversions for Other Clinical Applications: Time and Temperature.
6. Equipment Used in Dosage Measurement.
7. Interpreting Drug Orders.
8. Understanding Drug Labels.
9. Preventing Medication Errors.
Part II Self-Evaluation.
Part III: DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS.
10. Oral Dosage of Drugs.
11. Parenteral Dosage of Drugs.
12. Reconstitution of Solutions.
13. Alternative Dosage Calculation Methods: Ratio-Proportion and Dimensional Analysis.
14. Pediatric and Adult Dosages Based on Body Weight.
Part III Self-Evaluation.
Part IV: ADVANCED CALCULATIONS.
15. Intravenous Solutions, Equipment, and Calculations.
16. Body Surface Area and Advanced Pediatric Calculations.
17. Advanced Adult Intravenous Calculations.
Section IV Self-Evaluation.
