Overview

Worried about getting the dose wrong? Don't know your fractions from your decimals? You're not alone! Many people are not comfortable with their mathematical abilities but for most it's not a life or death situation. For nurses, however, a 'bad maths day' can have catastrophic consequences if drug dosages are calculated incorrectly. Practical Nursing Calculations provides easy to understand explanations of key calculations. The many exercises offer opportunities to practise basic problem-solving to help build your confidence. The use of real-life situations demonstrates how maths is actually applied when working with patients. Realistic scenarios introduce common presenting illnesses and the medications used to treat them, and enables you to calculate their correct dosages. This book has been developed to assist you to gain competency in basic mathematical skills and problem-solving techniques which require applied or conceptual mathematics. Practical Nursing Calculations has emerged from actual classroom curriculum and ten years of teaching in a major nursing school. Easy to use, Practical Nursing Calculations provides you with a thorough grounding in the fundamentals of mathematics and a sense of how to apply your knowledge in your professional lives. A sound teaching and learning resource, this book is appropriate for self-directed learning or as a classroom guide. This text is accompanied by a password-accessed website with extra exercises and quizzes. www.allenandunwin/nursing

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Author:   Valda Hext ,  Lidia Mayner
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.720kg
ISBN:  

9780367718992

ISBN 10:   0367718995
Pages:   302
Publication Date:   31 March 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Nursing Calculations in Context Part I Module 1 - Basic skills * Introductory assessment * Basic mathematics: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division * Fractions * The metric system * Practice exercises, scenarios and answers Module 2 - Medications * Oral medications: Tablets and mixtures * Intravenous fluid management and naso-gastric feeding * Parenteral medications * Practice exercises, scenarios and answers Part II Module 3 - Injections * Intravenous bolus dosages, as a 'push', via a volumetric pump. * Exercises and scenarios include calculating doses for the following patient conditions: Appendicectomy, cholecystectomy, pylonephritis, diabetes and pregnancy, myocardial infarction, alcoholism, infected leg ulcer, CVA, hypertension, abdominal pain, tonsillectomy, epilepsy, ovarian cyst, severe diarrhoea, dehydration, haemorrhoidectomy. Module 4 -

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Valda Hext is a lecturer in the school of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of South Australia. Lidia Mayner is a registered nurse and lecturer in physiology at the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Flinders University.

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