Numeracy in Nursing and Healthcare: Australian Edition (Custom Edition), 1st edition

Published by Pearson Learning Solutions (December 1, 2011) © 2012

  • Pearl Shihab University of Surrey
  • Elspeth Hillman James Cook University
  • Snezana Stolic Queensland University of Technology
  • Caryn West James Cook University

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ISBN-13: 9781442564008
Numeracy in Nursing and Healthcare: Australian Edition (Custom Edition)
Published 2011

Title overview

Numeracy in Nursing and Healthcare, Australian Edition is the perfect package to help your students prepare for their nursing program. The text begins with basic addition and subtraction and builds to more advanced principles such as drug administration and common clinical measurements. By illustrating how mathematical theory is relevant to clinical practice, Numeracy in Nursing and Healthcare is a great tool to help increase student confidence.

Table of contents

  • Chapter 1 Basic Arithmetic Skills
  • The things you don't want to ask about but need to know.
  • Chapter 2 Decimals and Other Fractions
  • How to deal with the bits and pieces.
  • Chapter 3 SI Units
  • How's your French? You only need one phrase 'Système International d'Unités'.
  • Chapter 4 Drug calculations
  • Pills, potions and pinpricks.
  • Chapter 5 Drug concentrations
  • The jokers in the pack.
  • Chapter 6 Percent, percentage and ratios
  • Hundreds and thousands and much more.
  • Chapter 7 Intravenous fluid and drug administration
  • Drips, drops and devices.
  • Chapter 8 Common Clinical Measurements
  • Charting, charting and more charting.
  • Chapter 9 Physiological Measurements
  • Blood, but no sweat and tears.
  • Chapter 10 Statistics and reading research articles
  • No ostriches here please.
  • Appendices
  • I Roman numerals and their Arabic equivalent
  • II Multiples and divisions of SI units
  • III Important elements in the body. Isotopes and Avogadro's constant.
  • IV Physiological reference values for adults
  • V Abbreviations used in prescribing
  • VI & VII Peak flow measurements
  • VIII Body Mass Index and Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST)
  • IX Nomogram for calculating body surface area
  • X Weight conversion chart
  • XI Summary of methods for drug calculations

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