Pharmacology and math calculation in Nursing


Prapapis Pitayapisut (Nursing) ppitayap@mdc.edu

Pavlov Rameau (Consultant from Mathematics) prameau@mdc.edu

Suzanne Austin (Consultant from Mathematics) saustin@mdc.edu

 

Miami Dade College


Pharmacology

Drug Information – generic and brand name  
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html
 
 

Drug names, side effects, contraindications

http://www.emedicine.com/

 

 

Keep up to date on the newly- approved drugs

http://www.pslgroup.com/NEWDRUGS.HTM

 

 

Virtual pharmacy center

http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/~martindale/Pharmacy.html

 

 

Index of drugs

http://community.net/~neils/new.html

 

 

Doctor’s answers to questions about drug information

http://www.druginfonet.com/

 

 

Nursing Drug reference center

http://www.drugref.com/members/database/index.html

 

 

 

 

Center for Drug Evaluation

http://www.fda.gov/cder/

and Research

 

 

 

Self Assessment in Pharmacology

http://www.street.com/ISAP/welcome.html

 

 

 

 

Helpful hints for nurses

http://www.efn.org/~nurses/cheat.html

 

 

Advanced drug search, frequently asked questions. Also includes online Taber’s medical encyclopedia

http://www.rxlist.com/

 

 

Drug Calculations Use this to check your IV  drip calculations

http://www.monroecc.edu/depts/pstc/paraivdg.htm

 

 

Nursing calculators to  check your math for drug dosage calculations

http://www.manuelsweb.com/nrs_calculators.htm
 

http://www.medcalc.com/
 

http://www.nursing-standard.co.uk/dripcalc.htm
 

http://www-users.med.cornell.edu/~spon/picu/calc/medcalc.htm#

 

 

Excellent resource to calculate weights, measures and temperature from one unit to another

http://www.rxdesktop.com/weights_measures.htm

 

 

Quizzes, help and calculator for metric conversions, fluid dosage, tablet dosage and IV drip rate calculations

http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/8517/Quiz/quiz.htm

 

 

Drug and pharmaceutical information sites, online clinical calculators, and drug calculation quiz page

http://www.bandidobooks.com/catalog/drugsupport.htm

 

 

Pharmacology math, calculations, review

http://www.mwsu.edu/~sna/drugcalc.htm

 

 

Drug calculation test questions about metric conversions, tablet and fluid dosages, IV flow rates and simulations     

http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/8517/dcdesc.htm

 

 

Mini math tutorial to aid in dosage calculations. Provides a link to the conversions which are required for the problems. An excellent site!

http://www-isu.indstate.edu/nurs/mary/tutorial.htm

 

 

Drug dosage calculations quiz. This is simply a list of problems involving calculating drug dosages.

http://www.rncentral.com/library/quizzes/dc.html

 

 

Tutorials on metric conversions, tablet and fluid dosage calculations and IV flow rate calculations

http://www.unc.edu/~bangel/quiz/quiz5.htm