| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 188 pages) : color illustrations |
| Series |
Student survival skills series |
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Student survival skills series.
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| Contents |
The 24-Hour Clock -- Part 1: Diagnosis -- 1 Calculations Revision -- 2 Calculations Self-Assessment -- Part 2: Understanding Nursing Calculations -- 3 Metric Units and Conversions -- 4 Tablets and Capsules -- 5 Liquids and Injectables -- 6 Syringes and Meniscus -- 7 Displacement Values -- 8 Dosages According to Body Weight -- 9 Drip Rates -- 10 Drip-Rate Duration -- 11 Syringe Drivers and Pumps -- 12 Paediatric Nursing -- Part 3: Putting It All Into Practice -- 13 Fluid Charts -- 14 Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (Must) Assessment -- 15 Early Warning Score (Ews) Assessment -- 16 Waterlow Assessment -- 17 Prescription Charts -- 18 Looking At Budgets -- 19 Interpreting Data -- 20 Employment Services -- 21 Body Mass Index -- Part 4: T esting Your Knowledge -- 22 Knowledge Tests -- Answers to Activity Questions -- Part 5: Appendices -- Appendix 1: Fluid Chart -- Appendix 2: Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool -- Appendix 3: Bristol Observation Chart -- Appendix 4: Waterlow Pressure Ulcer -- Prevention/Treatment Policy -- Appendix 5: Conversion Tables |
| Summary |
Providing nursing students with words of wisdom and advice from real-life student nurses, Calculation Skills for Nurses enables you to calculate drug dosages with ease, boosting your confidence and competence in this core area of nursing practice. The book takes away the fear of calculations, making it approachable, easy and fun, and ties in with the NMC standards for pre-registration education and the Essential Skills Clusters. It is filled with examples and questions based on real life nursing and healthcare situations and includes key information displayed on the inside back cover for quick look-up on clinical placements |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 183) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record and online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCOhost eBook Collection, viewed April 1, 2014) |
| Subject |
Nursing -- Mathematics
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Pharmaceutical arithmetic.
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MEDICAL -- Drug Guides.
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MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Pharmacology.
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MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
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MEDICAL -- Pharmacy.
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Nursing -- Mathematics
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Pharmaceutical arithmetic
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012039434 |
| ISBN |
9781118448953 |
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1118448952 |
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9781118448915 |
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111844891X |
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9781118448939 |
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1118448936 |
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9781299241671 |
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1299241670 |
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