Introduction Chapter One: The need for numeracy and calculation skills in the clinical environment. The current state of nurses' numeracy skills. Common calculation errors. The public and professional pressures to demonstrate adequate numeracy skills. Future expectations for the numeracy skills of nurses. Methods of improving numeracy. Chapter Two: Back to basics Introduction to the decimal system. The four basic methods of calculating - addition, subtraction, multiplication (inc. multiplying decimals) and division (inc. long division). Percentages and fractions. Converting fractions into decimals. Chapter Three: The SI system The origins of the SI system and the common units of measurement for weight, volume and length (microgram, milligram, gram, kilogram, millilitre, litre, etc). Alternative units will also be referred to where these are used clinically e.g. mmHg. Chapter Four: Calculating drug dosages Calculating tablets doses. Calculating doses for oral solutions. Calculating doses for injections. Calculating intravenous doses. Drug calculations based on per kilogram of body weight. Chapter Five: Clinical calculations Fluid balance records. IV pumps. Nutritional calculations: MUST scores, BMI, body fat calculations. Insulin calculations. MEWS scores. Pressure ulcer scoring systems. PH/logarithmic scales and meaning. Percentages - creams/burns. Chapter Six: Descriptive statistics Measures of central tendency - mean, median and mode. Measures of dispersion - range and standard deviation. Percentiles. Glossary References Index
Introduction Chapter One: The need for numeracy and calculation skills in the clinical environment. The current state of nurses' numeracy skills. Common calculation errors. The public and professional pressures to demonstrate adequate numeracy skills. Future expectations for the numeracy skills of nurses. Methods of improving numeracy. Chapter Two: Back to basics Introduction to the decimal system. The four basic methods of calculating - addition, subtraction, multiplication (inc. multiplying decimals) and division (inc. long division). Percentages and fractions. Converting fractions into decimals. Chapter Three: The SI system The origins of the SI system and the common units of measurement for weight, volume and length (microgram, milligram, gram, kilogram, millilitre, litre, etc). Alternative units will also be referred to where these are used clinically e.g. mmHg. Chapter Four: Calculating drug dosages Calculating tablets doses. Calculating doses for oral solutions. Calculating doses for injections. Calculating intravenous doses. Drug calculations based on per kilogram of body weight. Chapter Five: Clinical calculations Fluid balance records. IV pumps. Nutritional calculations: MUST scores, BMI, body fat calculations. Insulin calculations. MEWS scores. Pressure ulcer scoring systems. PH/logarithmic scales and meaning. Percentages - creams/burns. Chapter Six: Descriptive statistics Measures of central tendency - mean, median and mode. Measures of dispersion - range and standard deviation. Percentiles. Glossary References Index
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