Essential calculation skills for nurses, midwives and healthcare practitioners

✍ Scribed by Hutton, Meriel

Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Open University Press
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Leaves: 168
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Calculation skills are a core part of nursing and midwifery practice, from calculating drug or medicine doses to monitoring a patients liquid intake. It is also an area for concern, as evidence shows that both qualified nurses and trainee students are lacking in basic numeracy skills. This book teaches essential calculation skills.

Abstract:

The book shows you how to calculate doses correctly for tablets, capsules, fluids and injections. Read more...

✦ Subjects

Pharmaceutical arithmetic.;Pharmacy;Weights and measures.;MEDICAL;Drug Guides.;MEDICAL;Pharmacology.;MEDICAL;Pharmacy.;MEDICAL;Nursing;Pharmacology.

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