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Passing calculations tests in nursing : advice, guidance and over 500 online questions for extra revision and practice / Susan Starkings and Larry Krause.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Transforming nursing practicePublisher: London ; Thousand Oaks, California : Learning Matters LTD, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Edition: 5th editionDescription: x, 142 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1526493071
  • 9781526493071
  • 152649308X
  • 9781526493088
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Electronic version:: Passing calculations tests in nursing.NLM classification:
  • WY18
Contents:
About the authors --- Acknowledgments --- How to use the online resources --- Introduction --- Diagnostic assessment --- Essential numeracy requirements for nursing --- Quantity conversions for nurses --- Fluid balance and maintenance --- Drug calculations --- Calculating intravenous rates -- Calculations and children --- Exam skills and revision exercises --- Glossary --- Cut-out drug calculations guide --- Index.
Summary: "This easy-to-use textbook provides you with everything you need to improve your calculations skills and pass your exams first time. Whether you're preparing for a numeracy test to get onto your nursing degree, for your undergraduate calculations exam, or for a non-medical prescribing qualification, this book will help you through it all, breaking down the often challenging mathematics into clear and simple guidelines. Key features include: over 360 practice questions in the book and an extra 500+ questions free to use online; a diagnostic chapter to help you identify areas you need to work on; activities and scenarios demonstrate how calculations skills are used in day-to-day nursing practice"--page 4 of cover.
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General Book General Book Kuakarun Nursing Library Processing unit WY18 S728 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0000047346
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Includes index.

"First published 2010, reprinted 2011. Second edition published 2013, reprinted 2014 (twice). Third edition published 2015, reprinted 2015, 2016, and 2017 (seven times). Fourth edition published 2018. Fifth edition published 2021"--Title page verso.

About the authors --- Acknowledgments --- How to use the online resources --- Introduction --- Diagnostic assessment --- Essential numeracy requirements for nursing --- Quantity conversions for nurses --- Fluid balance and maintenance --- Drug calculations --- Calculating intravenous rates -- Calculations and children --- Exam skills and revision exercises --- Glossary --- Cut-out drug calculations guide --- Index.

"This easy-to-use textbook provides you with everything you need to improve your calculations skills and pass your exams first time. Whether you're preparing for a numeracy test to get onto your nursing degree, for your undergraduate calculations exam, or for a non-medical prescribing qualification, this book will help you through it all, breaking down the often challenging mathematics into clear and simple guidelines. Key features include: over 360 practice questions in the book and an extra 500+ questions free to use online; a diagnostic chapter to help you identify areas you need to work on; activities and scenarios demonstrate how calculations skills are used in day-to-day nursing practice"--page 4 of cover.

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