Institute of Health & Social Care Studies, Guernsey (Franchise): Drug calculations

Many nursing students panic in their drug calculation exams.

Adult

• Exam Practice Questions - Set 1
• Exam Practice Questions - Set 2
• Exam Practice Questions - Set 3
• Exam Practice Questions - Set 4
• Exam Practice Questions - Set 5
• Exam Practice Answers - Sets 1-5

Child

• Exam Practice Questions - Set A
• Exam Practice Questions - Set B
• Exam Practice Questions - Set C
• Exam Practice Questions - Set D
• Exam Practice Questions - Set E
• Exam Practice Answers - Sets A-E

Videos:

• Metric Unit Conversion 1
• Metric Unit Conversion 2
• Calculating Volumes for Injection
• Calculating Infusion Rates
• Drops Per Minute
• Non Calculator Methods for Nursing Students
• Understanding Numeracy Questions for Nurses

These are useful because you can watch them at home and play them back as many times as you like.

Websites:

• http://learntech.uwe.ac.uk/numeracy/ This site has general numeracy topics and quizzes. It has some great animation too.
• http://testandcalc.com/quiz/index.asp This site has nursing calculation quizzes with answers that you can access immediately – no need to download.
• http://nursing.flinders.edu.au/students/studyaids/drugcalculations/ This site has nursing calculations with some good visual aids.
• http://www.snap.nhs.uk/ This site has a mixture of numeracy and nursing topics

Worksheets:

• Nursing Calculations Help Sheets [pdf]
• Nursing Calculations Workbook [pdf]

Books:

• Gatford, JD. and Phillips, N. (2008). Nursing Calculations. Churchill Livingstone. This is a good book to start with. It is easy to read and has lots of exercises to work from.