Clinical Dosage Calculations

Vanessa Brotto was previously a Lecturer in the School of Nursing at Deakin University teaching in the Bachelor of Nursing degree, the postgraduate Diploma of Critical Care and the Master of Nursing Practice (Nurse Practitioner) degrees. She has worked as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Intensive Care and Post Anaesthetic Care (PACU) at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne as well as in Clinical Education for many years. Vanessa was at Deakin University for 12 years and has a passion for using diverse teaching methods and making the classroom a fun and engaging learning space. Vanessa won a university teaching award for her approach to teaching large classes in 2006 and remains keen to make learning dosage calculations easier and relevant for all students. Vanessa left academia to take up roles in public service, starting with a position as the Head of Centre for Family Violence at Victoria Police, and is currently on secondment as Executive Director- Homeless Emergency Response at Victorian Department of Families, Fairness & Housing. Kate Rafferty has worked in the hospital & health care industry alongside her career as a nurse educator. Skilled in nursing education, nursing management, medical-surgical, intensive care, perioperative nursing and acute care, she focuses on improving access to quality emergency and aged care services in the community. Most recently she was a theatre nurse and trainer at the Peter McCallum Cancer Centre, and currently works in a number of roles including Covid vaccination, GP practice management, and operating theatres. Previously she was a teacher at South West Institute of TAFE in Warrnambool, teaching in the Certificate IV of Nursing, and coordinating several traineeships in the Health affiliated areas across Victoria. Kate has also worked as an educator at Deakin University as a sessional teacher. She has worked as a registered nurse in Cardiac Intensive Care in the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children and as perioperative nurse at St Vincent’s and St Vincent Private Hospitals in Melbourne. She has also worked in coordinators’ roles at St John of God in Warrnambool and a Unit Manager in Aged Care (High Care Dementia).

Brief contents
Contents
About the book
About the authors
Acknowledgements
Resources guide
Part I – Fundamental skills
1. Basic mathematics
2. Units of measurement
3. Medication charts
4. Using quality and risk management principles in drug calculations
5. General drug calculations
6. Infusion calculations
Part II – Skills deepening
7. Paediatric calculations
8. Aged care calculations
9. Midwifery calculations
10. Mental health calculations
11. Critical care and high dependency dosage calculations
12. Ocular therapy calculations
Part III – Skills practice
13. Practice questions
Index