Calculation skills for nurses

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This book provides nursing students with words of wisdom and advice from real-life student nurses, Calculation Skills for Nurses enables you to calculate drug dosages with ease - boosting your confidence and competence in this core area of nursing practice.

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Title Statements

Full title :Calculation skills for nurses / Claire Boyd, RGN, cert. ed., practice development trainer.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Place of Publication:Chichester, West Sussex, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

The Physical Object

Description:xvii, pages : : color illustrations ; : 22 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781118448892, 1118448898
oclc:ocn813923545
LC Classification:RT68
Dewey Decimal:615.1/401513

pt. 1. Diagnosis. Calculations revision ; Calculations self-assessment -- pt. 2. Understanding nursing calculations. Metric units and conversions ; Tablets and capsules ; Liquids and injectables ; Syringes and meniscus ; Displacement values ; Dosages according to body weight ; Drip rates ; Drip-rate duration ; Syringe drivers and pumps ; Paediatric nursing -- pt. 3. Putting it all into practice. Fluid charts ; Malnutrition universal screening tool (MUST) assessment ; Early warning score (EWS) assessment ; Waterlow assessment ; Prescription charts ; Looking at budgets ; Interpreting data ; Employment services ; Body mass index -- pt. 4. Testing your knowledge. Knowledge tests ; Answers to activity questions -- pt. 5. Appendices. 1. Fluid chart ; 2. Malnutrition universal screening tool ; 3. Bristol observation chart ; 4. Waterlow pressure ulcer prevention/treatment policy ; 5. Conversion tables.