Customer Reviews

Math for Nurses: A Pocket Guide to Dosage Calculation and Drug Preparation

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

As a new nursing student I have found this book very useful. There is a very comprehensive introduction which allows the student to relearn some of the math skills that may have been lost over the year. I also really like the fact that the book comes with a removable laminated card with conversions on it. I'm sure that this will come in quite handy when I begin my clinicals.
My only real complaint is that I have found a couple of mistakes in the fifth edition. I found at least two mistake in the answers provided for the chapter review on apothecaries' measurements. I would recommend that the publisher check their material a little better so as to prevent confusion for students.

This is a great little book which is concise and user friendly. I would recommend to all nurses as it covers the basics of math and aswell as formulas for completing drug calculations relevent for the nursing profession.

I bought this book before I began nursing school and have found it to be fairly helpful. My major criticism is how it seems to "blow through" the more complicated topics, showing you in painstaking detail how to solve an almost remedial problem then using advanced problems during the chapter reviews without showing the necessary steps. There was also no "pull out card" included. I wonder if that is a publisher's error, as the conversion charts promised on the pull out card are printed inside the front and back covers. The book also seems to arbitrarily round decimals up or down. For example, one answer of 14.5 was rounded down to just 14. An answer of 13.3 was rounded up to 14, without explanation.

Wow! This book was really handy. I recommend this to all future nurses or present. The book is easy to read and understand

I borrowed the 5th ed. from the library. (Current ed is 7). I really like the book. It presents just the right amount of info.

But, it has tons of errors. The Chap. 1 pretest of 100 questions had 4 errors. It's like it wasn't even proofread. I understand it's been superseded by 2 editions. But, how does a book have that many basic math errors after *five* editions? What did the 1st edition look like?

THAT BOOK IS PERFECT FOR STUDY AND CALCULATION FOR PHARMACY TECHNICIAN I PREPARATION FOR THE BOARD IS VERY GOOD MY RECOMENDED FOR STUDY AND PREPARATION.

Love the book but was dissatisfied because I did not receive my Pull out that should have been with book and also description was new and it had frayed edges.

this book is very helpful in reviewing and practicing
math and also gives needed conversions. It helped me
with things I've forgotten how to do.

If you are weak at math like I am, this book is a must-have. It starts you out with the basics of math and works it's way up, giving you much needed review and practice. And it never hurts to have a reference to double check yourself!

Great book for refreshing your memory. All nurses and future nurses should own this one.