Numeracy in Nursing and Healthcare - Pearl Shihab

Numeracy in Nursing and Healthcare

Calculations and Practice

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
272 Seiten
2014 | 2nd edition
Pearson Education Limited (Verlag)
978-1-4479-2256-8 (ISBN)
28,75 inkl. MwSt
If you need to brush up your maths skills, this is the perfect textbook to help you through your nursing programme. The text starts out with basic arithmetic and works up to more advanced principles like SI units, drug administration, common clinical measurements and how to understand statistics.
Do you find maths challenging?

Do you struggle with drug calculations or clinical applications of numeracy?

If you need to brush up your maths skills, Numeracy in Nursing and Healthcare is the perfect textbook to help you through your nursing programme. The text starts out with basic adding and subtracting and works up to more advanced principles like SI units, drug administration, common clinical measurements and how to understand statistics in research articles. By illustrating how maths is relevant to clinical practice, Numeracy in Nursing and Healthcare is a great tool to help you increase your confidence and excel in your studies and career.

Key features:






Step-by-step examples make understanding concepts easy



Look Out sections highlight common mistakes



Time to Try and What Did You Learn? questions help you apply what you have learned



Key Point boxes provide helpful hints for good problem-solving technique



Web links direct you to further reading and examples.

Pearl Shihab has wide experience of nursing and midwifery in both hospital and community settings. She has spent the last fourteen years teaching biosciences on healthcare programmes and supporting students lacking in maths skills.

Introduction 1. Basic Arithmetic Skills 2. Decimals and Other Fractions 3. SI Units 4. Drug Calculations 5. Drug Concentrations 6. Per Cent, Percentage and Ratios 7. Intravenous Fluid and Drug Administration 8. Common Clinical Measurements 9. Physiological Measurements 10. Statistics and Reading Research Articles Appendices Glossary

Erscheint lt. Verlag 16.1.2014
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 170 x 240 mm
Gewicht 1040 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Pflege Ausbildung / Prüfung
ISBN-10 1-4479-2256-5 / 1447922565
ISBN-13 978-1-4479-2256-8 / 9781447922568
Zustand Neuware
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