Pearl Shihab (UK University of Surrey)

Numeracy in Nursing and Healthcare

Calculations and Practice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 171mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9781447922568
• ISBN-10: 1447922565
• Artikelnr.: 39381203

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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