Numeracy in Nursing and Healthcare

Calculations and Practice

Pearl Shihab (University of Surrey, UK)

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Routledge
20 January 2014

Nursing fundamentals & skills

Do you find maths challenging?

Do you struggle with drug calculations or clinical applications of numeracy?

If you need to brush up your maths skills, Numeracy in Nursing and Healthcare is the perfect textbook to help you through your nursing programme. The text starts out with basic adding and subtracting and works up to more advanced principles like SI units, drug administration, common clinical measurements and how to understand statistics in research articles. By illustrating how maths is relevant to clinical practice, Numeracy in Nursing and Healthcare is a great tool to help you increase your confidence and excel in your studies and career.

Key features:

Step-by-step examples make understanding concepts easy

Look Out sections highlight common mistakes

Time to Try and What Did You Learn? questions help you apply what you have learned

Key Point boxes provide helpful hints for good problem-solving technique

Web links direct you to further reading and examples.

By: Pearl Shihab (University of Surrey UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 660g
ISBN: 9780415740432
ISBN 10: 0415740436
Pages: 268
Publication Date: 20 January 2014
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Pearl Shihab has wide experience of nursing and midwifery in both hospital and community settings. She has spent the last fourteen years teaching biosciences on healthcare programmes and supporting students lacking in maths skills.

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Numeracy in Nursing and Healthcare

Calculations and Practice

Pearl Shihab (University of Surrey, UK)

$326

Hardback

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