Calculate with Confidence

Key differences between 6th and 5th editions

• Period between previous and current publications: 4 years (2013 vs 2009).
• The first edition of Gray Morris' Calculate with Confidence was design in 1993.
• Increased discussion on preventing medication errors in chapters dealing with heparin and insulin.
• Safety Alert boxes have been added to indicate common errors that can be made.
• New practice problems are added throughout the text.
• Answer Key is placed at the end of each chapter.
• Chapter 5: New sections "Comparing Percents and Ratios" and "Calculating the Percent of Change".
• Chapter 11: New section "Transcription of Medication Orders".
• Chapter 12: New separate sections duscussing medication orders and medication administration record.
• Chapter 19: New section on medications with instructions to "See Accompanying Literature".
• Chapter 20 has been updated and expanded
• U-500 insulin content and calculations have been included, including conversions for administration using both U-100 and 1-mL syringes.
• Basal prandial insulin therapy has been added.
• Chapter 21: New section on IV delivery methods.
• Chapter 22:
• The chapter has been updated, including IV labels and discussion of IV additives.
• Recalculation of IV therapy is expanded to include an alternate to determining the variation of change using percent.
• New material on determining strength of solution and calculation of solutions, including irrigants and soaks.
• Chapter 23:
• New section on heparin dosage strengths.
• Augmentation of heparin weight-based protocol and adjusting of rate based upon APTT.
• Chapter 24: New sections "IV Flow Rates for Titrated Medications" and " Developing a Titration Table".