Numeracy in Nursing and Healthcare: Calculations and Practice - Couverture souple

Shihab, Pearl

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0273720740 ISBN 13 : 9780273720744

Editeur : Pearson Education Limited, 2009

Synopsis

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 students 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.

"Shihab draws on her 25 years of teaching experience to provide a text devoted specifically to competency in the often-dreaded area of maths for student nurses." - THES, Feb 2010

A propos du livre

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Shihab Cover Blurb

Numeracy in Nursing and Healthcare, it’s more than just a numeracy book.

Do you find maths challenging? Do you occasionally struggle with drug calculations or clinical applications of numeracy? If this is your first time studying mathematics or you just need to brush up your skills, Numeracy in Nursing and Healthcare is the perfect book to help prepare you for your nursing program.

The text starts out with basic adding and subtracting and works up to more advanced principles like SI units, drug administration and common clinical measurements. It also illustrates how mathematical theory 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

·     Running words teach you the key words necessary to understand mathematical jargon

·     Step-by-step examples make understanding concepts easy

·     Look out sections highlight common mistakes

·     'Time to try' questions after each topic show how much you have learned

·     Key points provide helpful hints for good problem-solving technique

·     Web links direct you to further reading and examples

'Clear, concise and relevant information given in a very user friendly way, well contextualised to nursing and this will make the concepts "real" to students.'  Maggie Davidson, University of Hertfordshire

'It is much more than a numeracy book, great examples of theory in practice.'James Richardson, Curriculum Support Manager, Directorate of Nursing, University of Liverpool

About the author

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

 

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson Education Limited
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0273720740
• ISBN 13: 9780273720744
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 248
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible