Passing Calculations Tests in Nursing: Advice, Guidance and Over 400 Online Questions for Extra Revision and Practice

4. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-5264-2347-4
Verlag: LEARNING MATTERS

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 295 g

Reihe: Transforming Nursing Practice

With an easy-to-use format, this book is all you need to face calculations tests with confidence and pass the first time. It teaches simple numeracy skills that will stand you in good stead, both during your initial nurse training and your career in practice. This new edition now includes tests for those students looking to undertake Continuing Professional Development to achieve Non-Medical Prescribing Nurse qualifications.

It also contains:

- over 360 practice questions with an extra 400+ available online

- easy-to-understand explanations that take the fear out of maths

- a diagnostic chapter to help you identify problem areas

- activities, scenarios and case studies from everyday nursing situations

More than just a book…

There is a dedicated website accompanying this book providing further questions and practice, interactive tests, a flashcard glossary and more.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Starkings, Susan

Krause, Larry

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Krankenpflege

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Diagnostic assessment
Chapter 2: Essential numeracy requirements for nursing
Chapter 3: Quantity conversions for nurses
Chapter 4: Fluid balance and maintenance
Chapter 5: Drug calculations
Chapter 6: Calculating intravenous rates
Chapter 7: Calculations and children
Chapter 8: Exam skills and revision exercises

Über Autor(innen)

Krause, Larry
Larry Krause was a Mathematics Lecturer in the Centre for Learning Support and Development at London South Bank University, and has over 10 years experience of supporting nursing students in the support centre, particularly specializing in nursing calculations.

Starkings, Susan
Susan Starkings was Head of Skills for Learning at London South Bank University. She has been teaching for over 30 years both in FE and HE. She is a National Teaching Fellow in Mathematics & Statistics, awarded in 2006 from the HE Academy and an honorary title for life. She was also, in 2008, awarded a UCU life changer award for her work in education. Her specialty is in helping nursing, and other, students succeed in their numerical/mathematical calculations. She now volunteers at the William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent.