How to Master Nursing Calculations

Improve Your Maths and Make Sense of Drug Dosage Charts

Chris John Tyreman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2013 | 2nd Revised edition
Kogan Page Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7494-6753-1 (ISBN)

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How to Master Nursing Calculations, 2nd edition, combines basic numeracy revision and practice with drug dosage charts and mock tests to help you gain confidence and competence in your studies and on the ward.

For the maths-phobic, this 2nd edition of the best-selling How to Master Nursing Calculations, is ideal practice for learning key numeracy skills. The perfect companion for your training and in the first few crucial years of your career, it builds your competency through practice, revision and every day examples. Contents includes a review of the basics, clear illustrations of instrument scales, medical administration records and pharmaceutical labels as well as a detailed guide to reading drug dosage charts.
Including a brand new list of important abbreviations and a section on how to make drug calculations without equations - requiring little mathematical knowledge - How to Master Nursing Calculations, 2nd edition, will help you master complex dosages and turn you into a maths whiz.

Chris Tyreman, BN, is an NHS staff nurse in North Wales. He has taught numeracy to adults via distance learning and evening classes. He is also the author of How to Master the BMAT, How to Master the IELTS and co-author of the best-selling How to Master the UKCAT, all published by Kogan Page.

Chapter - 00: Introduction;
Chapter - 01: Basic arithmetic skills;
Chapter - 02: Fractions and decimals;
Chapter - 03: Measurement;
Chapter - 04: Drug dosage calculations;
Chapter - 05: Drug administration;
Chapter - 06: Mock tests

Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.2.2013
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 215 mm
Gewicht	290 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Bewerbung / Karriere
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Erwachsenenbildung
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Ausbildung / Prüfung
ISBN-10	0-7494-6753-3 / 0749467533
ISBN-13	978-0-7494-6753-1 / 9780749467531
Zustand	Neuware