- Includes examples drawn from every day clinical practice
- Requires little previous mathematical knowledge
- Takes a step-by-step approach to teaching complex drug calculations with a variety of learning techniques
How to Master Nursing Calculations
Improve Your Maths and Make Sense of Drug Dosage Charts
How to Master Nursing Calculations, 2nd edition, combines basic numeracy revision and practice with drug dosage charts and mock tests to help you gain confidence and competence in your studies and on the ward.
Key features at a glance
EAN: 9780749467531
Edition: 2
Published:
Format: 215x140
224 pages
About the book
For the maths-phobic, this 2nd edition of the best-selling How to Master Nursing Calculations, is ideal practice for learning key numeracy skills. The perfect companion for your training and in the first few crucial years of your career, it builds your competency through practice, revision and every day examples. Contents includes a review of the basics, clear illustrations of instrument scales, medical administration records and pharmaceutical labels as well as a detailed guide to reading drug dosage charts.
Including a brand new list of important abbreviations and a section on how to make drug calculations without equations - requiring little mathematical knowledge - How to Master Nursing Calculations, 2nd edition, will help you master complex dosages and turn you into a maths whiz.
About the authors
Chris Tyreman, BN, is an NHS staff nurse in North Wales. He has taught numeracy to adults via distance learning and evening classes. He is also the author of How to Master the BMAT, How to Master the IELTS and co-author of the best-selling How to Master the UKCAT, all published by Kogan Page.
I found the simple explanations and examples easy to follow and was able to quickly refresh my memory and hone my skills in key areas of calculation. The chapter progression is logical and the examples clear and easy to follow. I would recommend this text as appropriate for all nurses, regardless of experience, and particularly as a refresher for those embarking on degree modules such as Independent Prescribing where numeracy skills are an essential element of the course.
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