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Use the simplicity of the dimensional analysis method to minimize drug calculation errors! The Nurse, The Math, The Meds, 3rd Edition helps you overcome any math anxiety you may have by clearly explaining how to use the dimensional analysis method. It shows how to analyze practice problems, find the reasonable answer, and then evaluate it. But first, it lets you refresh your math skills with a review of essential math. Written by noted nursing educator Joyce Mulholland, this book offers over 1,400 questions for plenty of practice in mastering math concepts and learning dosage calculations. Mnemonics throughout the text facilitate memorization and conserve learning time. Red arrow alerts call attention to critical math and patient safety theory to increase student awareness of potential errors and patient safety issues. High-risk drug icons serve as visual reminders of high-risk drugs in the text. UNIQUE! FAQs and answers break up the text, add to comprehension, and provide additional necessary knowledge for students studying both inside and outside of a classroom environment. UNIQUE! Ask Yourself questions synthesize and reinforce comprehension of content. UNIQUE! Communication boxes display sample nurse-patient, nurse-prescriber dialogues that help reduce medication errors and relate the math to the medications and to clinical application. Multiple-choice review at the end of each chapter supplies a multiple-choice format review for NCLEX exam preparation. Chapter final supplies you with a final practice over material covered in the entire chapter so you can evaluate understanding of chapter content. Comprehensive final practice at the end of the text covers major concepts and offers additional practice for overall evaluation of learning. Rapid Practice exercises follow each new topic presented in each chapter to encourage and allow drug calculation and math concepts to be completed in one sitting. Consistent chapter format provides you with a quick overview of cha