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Passing calculations tests for nursing students / Susan Starkings and Larry Krause.

By: Starkings, Susan.
Contributor(s): Krause, Larry (Larry W.).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Transforming nursing practice.Publisher: Exeter : Learning Matters, 2010Edition: New ed.Description: vi, 122 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781844454716; 1844454711; 9781844456918; 9781844456901; 9781844459865.Subject(s): Pharmaceutical arithmetic | Nursing -- Mathematics | Health and Wellbeing | NursingDDC classification: 615.14 STA Summary: Getting medicines calculations right is often a matter of life and death. Nursing students must pass calculations tests at the end of their first year, and often prior to entry onto a nursing course. This text helps nursing students succeed first time in medicines calculations tests, and get calculations right in practice.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Getting medicines calculations right is often a matter of life and death. Nursing students must pass calculations tests at the end of their first year, and often prior to entry onto a nursing course, to ensure they are competent in this crucial skill. This book helps new nursing students succeed first time in medicines calculations tests, and get calculations right in practice. It takes the fear out of maths, even for those who find it a struggle, through clear step-by-step explanations and lively examples. It is linked directly to the NMC competencies, so students understand what is required for progression.

Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Getting medicines calculations right is often a matter of life and death. Nursing students must pass calculations tests at the end of their first year, and often prior to entry onto a nursing course. This text helps nursing students succeed first time in medicines calculations tests, and get calculations right in practice.

ITT Module NURS81000

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Foreword and Acknowledgements (p. vi)
  • Introduction (p. 1)
  • 1 Diagnostic assessment (p. 3)
  • 2 Essential numeracy requirements for nursing (p. 14)
  • 3 Quantity conversions for nurses (p. 32)
  • 4 Fluid balance and maintenance (p. 46)
  • 5 Drug calculations (p. 64)
  • 6 Calculating intravenous rates (p. 84)
  • 7 Calculations and children (p. 97)
  • 8 Exam skills and revision exercises (p. 107)
  • Glossary (p. 120)
  • Index (p. 121)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Susan Starkings is Head of Skills for Learning at London South Bank University (LSBU). She has been teaching for over 27 years both in FE and HE. She is a National Teaching Fellow in Mathematics Statistics, awarded in 2006 from the HE Academy and an honorary title for life. She was also, in 2008, awarded a UCU life changer award for her work in education. Her specialty is in helping nursing, and other, students succeed in their numerical/mathematical calculations.
Larry Krause is Mathematics Lecturer in the Centre for Learning Support and Development at LSBU, and has over 7 years experience of supporting students in the centre, particularly specializing in nursing calculations.