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Search - Numeracy in Nursing and Healthcare: Calculations and Practice

Numeracy in Nursing and Healthcare Calculations and Practice
Author: Pearl Shihab

Competency in Maths is essential for safe nursing practice; this is the only text to clearly explain Maths specifically for students in nursing and healthcare, expelling the tears and frustration that can be experienced whilst trying to grapple with the subject. The author has been teaching anatomy, physiology and pharmacology to nursing st... more »udents for 25 years, and is well placed to understand the fears that students have when addressing numbers and maths. This text will help students to handle numbers confidently in the administration of drugs and other practice settings. Clinical examples will be used to illustrate the use of arithmetic and the student will be able to work at their own pace throughout. In addition to drug calculations, the text will allow students to feel confident in other practice settings such as: calculating the body mass index (BMI) of a patient, reading and interpreting a blood result back from the lab, interpreting demographic data, calculating the nutritional intake for a patient, and measuring a patient's blood pressure, pulse, and temperature. Features * Is written specifically for Nursing and Healthcare students

* The structured style of this book will help the student to work at their own pace, either individually or as part of a small learning group

* Clinical examples will be used to illustrate the use of arithmetic so that the student can see the purpose of the exercises

* Each chapter will begin with a pre-test to allow the student to find the level at which they need to work

* Potential areas for error will be highlighted in `Look Out!' boxes. At the end of each section, the student will be able to recap and test their learning. Further optional tests will be given at the end of the book

* Goes `back to basics' to give the students the understanding of the subject which they can then build on throughout their studies

* Will help students to make drug calculations, calculate the body mass index (BMI) of a patient, read and interpret a blood result back from the lab, be able to interpret demographic data, and work out the nutritional intake for a patient and measure a patient's blood pressure, pulse, and temperature

* Written by an author that has been teaching anatomy, physiology and pharmacology to nursing students for 25 years, and is well placed to understand the fears that students have when addressing numbers and maths

ISBN-13: 9780273720744
ISBN-10: 0273720740
Publication Date: 8/9/2009
Pages: 234
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Publisher: Pearson Education
Book Type: Paperback
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