Competency in Maths is essential for safe nursing practice; this is the only text to clearly explain Maths specifically for students in nursing and healthcare, expelling the tears and frustration that can be experienced whilst trying to grapple with the subject.
The author has been teaching anatomy, physiology and pharmacology to nursing students for 25 years, and is well placed to understand the fears that students have when addressing numbers and maths. This text will help students to handle numbers confidently in the administration of drugs and other practice settings. Clinical examples will be used to illustrate the use of arithmetic and the student will be able to work at their own pace throughout.
In addition to drug calculations, the text will allow students to feel confident in other practice settings such as: calculating the body mass index (BMI) of a patient, reading and interpreting a blood result back from the lab, interpreting demographic data, calculating the nutritional intake for a patient, and measuring a patient’s blood pressure, pulse, and temperature.
"Shihab draws on her 25 years of teaching experience to provide a text devoted specifically to competency in the often-dreaded area of maths for student nurses." - THES, Feb 2010
"MyMathLab is really good. I especially like the common clinical measurements and physiological measurement questions because I can really relate them to practice. I even take the book to practice with me because it is such an easy read for me as I have never worked in healthcare before. I feel like I have learnt a lot from the book."-Wayne Fleming, Nursing Student, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Do you find maths challenging?
Do you struggle with drug calculations or clinical applications of numeracy?
If this is your first time studying mathematics or you just need to brush up your skills, Numeracy in Nursing and Healthcare with is the perfect package to help prepare you for your nursing program.
The text starts out with basic adding and subtracting and works up to more advanced principles like SI units, drug administration and common clinical measurements. Your online personalised study plan helps to diagnose your strengths and weaknesses and provides further interactive practice. also provides instant support at the click of a button, ensuring that you never get left behind. By illustrating how mathematical theory 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
· Running words teach you the key words necessary to understand mathematical jargon
· Step-by-step examples make understanding concepts easy
· Thousands of practice questions to try
· Look out sections highlight common mistakes
· 'Time to try' questions after each topic show how much you have learned
· The personalised study plan in helps you keep track of your progress
· Key points provide helpful hints for good problem-solving technique
· Web links direct you to further reading and examples
'Clear, concise and relevant information given in a very user friendly way, well contextualised to nursing and this will make the concepts "real" to students.' Maggie Davidson, University of Hertfordshire
'It is much more than a numeracy book, great examples of theory in practice.' James Richardson, Curriculum Support Manager, Directorate of Nursing, University of Liverpool
About the author
Pearl Shihab has wide experience of nursing and midwifery in both hospital and community settings. She has spent the last eleven 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
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Key Features
- Diagnostic tests using problems relevant to everyday nursing and healthcare practice help determine your level of ability
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- A personalised Study Plan, based on the diagnostic tests, is used to direct you to where you need most practice
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- The study plan provides access to further algorithmically-driven practice questions, instant support and eBook to ensure that you overcome your weakest points and constantly improve your numeracy.
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For Lecturers
Lecturers can easily customise the MyMathLab for Shihab, Numeracy in Nursing and Healthcare to suit their specific course and student needs.
- A powerful gradebook enables the lecturer to review student progress individually and against specific areas of study so that topics on which students struggle become instantly apparent.
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- Simple assessment building tools enable the lecturer to produce self-marking, multi-facetted question tests in minutes, not the weeks these would normally take to write, distribute and mark.
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If you did not purchase a new textbook and your lecturer requires you to enrol in MyMathLab, you may purchase online access. Go to www.mymathlab.com/global and follows the links to purchase online.
