Nursing Dosage Calculations Using 3 Methods: Ratio/Proportion, Desired Over Have, Dimensional

Dosage calculations for nursing students, beginners, and nurses made easy. In this video, Nurse Sarah demonstrates how to use 3 different methods to solve dosage calculation problems.

One method to solve dosage calculations is dimensional analysis. The second method shown is called desired over have (formula method), and the third method shown is called ratio and proportion.

If you are in nursing school, you can see which method works best for you. Nurse Sarah's personal favorite is dimensional analysis.

Note: always use the method your professors or facility want you to use.

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[RegisteredNurseRN]

Hey, everyone! Thanks for watching.
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[sistersister]

I have always preferred the dimensional analysis method.

[Moojoojoo]

I absolutely use the Desired over have method. Much more quick and less time consuming especially if you have so many patients. 😭 You need need to be sure tho and knowledgeable about the metric conversions

[safarifrancois]

Thank you for this information which is helpful

[perryionebrooks]

Oh yeah! This is good stuff. I feel like I can solve any problem now.

[alexk]

I was blessed with the ability to calculate all of that in my mind without having to learn any of these steps, I get the right answer every time but I lost so many points on the exam because I don’t remember these and I don’t know how to do it either using these three methods with the exact steps for the exam 😂🤷🏻‍♂️

[lb]

Just did this in math class part of my MA associate degree.

[ralph]

Units of measurements easy until you round.5 .2 etc. depending on the drug and ROA. USUALLY MG MCG ML ETC.

[MarwaSadeq-dk]

as pharmacists we prefer ratio and proportion method