Medication Administration and Dosage Calculations

Welcome to the fascinating, high-stakes world of medication administration. Look, anybody can just follow orders and hand a pill to a patient. But to be an elite nurse—to truly master the craft—you have to understand why we do what we do. You have to understand the physics of a syringe, the chemistry of the digestive tract, and the simple, profound logic of keeping your patients safe.

When you administer a medication, you are introducing a powerful chemical variable into the magnificent, complex system of the human body. There is no room for guessing.

So, let's roll up our sleeves, figure out how this works, and get you ready to crush the NCLEX-PN.