A step-by-step guide to calculating the correct medication dosages. Using realistic hospital scenarios, this is a must for undergraduate nursing students.
Worried about getting the dose wrong? Don't know your fractions from your decimals? You are 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, the medications used to treat them and enables you to calculate their correct dosages.
This book has been developed to assist students 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 and well illustrated, 'Practical Nursing Calculations' provides students with a thorough grounding in the fundamentals of mathematics and a sense of how to apply their knowledge in their 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 for students and quizzes for instructors.
