Nursing Math
Learn It and Make Your Life Easier
I was one of the lucky ones. Math and therefore nursing math always came easily to me. However, I saw many friends struggle though this part of nursing school. A few even failed out of school. Don’t let this be you. Most schools will require you to take repeated tests with JUST math on them pretty often. If you can grasp some of the concepts early, it will help take some of the stress off from these frequent quizzes.For the most part, calculating medication dosages is basic. Think elementary school basic math. We are talking multiplication and division for the most part. To be realistic, most of it can be done without a calculator. It is a mystery to me why everyone gets SO worked up about these simple calculations. Explore this section and review it as often as needed. You will find printable conversion tables (coming soon), word problems with answers, and shortcuts I have learned throughout the years (like easy medication calculations!). My hope is this little math section helps someone get over the hump and start focusing on other things to learn in nursing school. If you want extra practice, sign up below for Scrub Top Soup. It is our monthly newsletter. I will attempt (can't promise, I don't love math either) to send a practice problem or two with each newsletter. Extra practice never hurt anyone!
Click here to go to nursing math for Pills and TabletsClick here to learn a great formula for calculating PO liquid medications Ready to learn how to do IV dosage calculations? When you are ready, move on to IV drip dosage calculations And the one that everyone hates. Weight based IV drip rate calculations. Click here to go to the home page
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