Calculation Skills for Nurses : Student Survival Skills.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (209 pages)
- New York Academy of Sciences Series .
- New York Academy of Sciences Series .
Intro -- CALCULATION SKILLS FOR NURSES -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Latin Abbreviations -- The 24-Hour Clock -- Part 1 DIAGNOSIS -- Chapter 1 CALCULATIONS REVISION -- FEELING A BIT RUSTY? -- DECIMAL -- Rounding Decimal Numbers -- METRIC MEASURES -- Conversion from One Unit to Another -- Converting Larger Units to the Next Smaller Unit -- Converting Smaller Units to the Next Larger Unit -- PERCENTAGES -- Calculating the Percentage of a Number -- Finding One Amount as a Percentage of Another -- Strength of a Solution -- FRACTIONS -- Simplifying Fractions -- Changing Fractions into Decimals -- Simple Conversions from Fractions, Decimals and Percentages -- RATIOS -- AVERAGES -- Chapter 2 CALCULATIONS SELF-ASSESSMENT -- Part 2 UNDERSTANDING NURSING CALCULATIONS -- Chapter 3 METRIC UNITS AND CONVERSIONS -- Chapter 4 TABLETS AND CAPSULES -- Chapter 5 LIQUIDS AND INJECTABLES -- CALCULATORS -- Chapter 6 SYRINGES AND MENISCUS -- THE SYRINGE -- Types of Syringe -- Needles Come in Gauge Sizes -- INJECTIONS -- Needles for Injection -- Meniscus -- Chapter 7 DISPLACEMENT VALUES -- Let's Explain this Another Way -- Chapter 8 DOSAGES ACCORDING TO BODY WEIGHT -- Chapter 9 DRIP RATES -- Chapter 10 DRIP-RATE DURATION -- Chapter 11 SYRINGE DRIVERS AND PUMPS -- SYRINGE DRIVERS -- Millimetres Per Hour -- Chapter 12 PAEDIATRIC NURSING -- WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NURSING CALCULATIONS FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS? -- WORKING OUT DRUG DOSAGES -- WORKING OUT WEIGHT CONVERSIONS -- WORKING OUT FLUID BALANCE CALCULATIONS -- WORKING OUT FLUID DRUG CALCULATIONS -- DRUG DOSAGES ACCORDING TO BODY WEIGHT -- DOSAGES ACCORDING TO SURFACE AREA -- Part 3 PUTTING IT ALL INTO PRACTICE -- Chapter 13 FLUID CHARTS -- Chapter 14 MALNUTRITION UNIVERSAL SCREENING TOOL (MUST) ASSESSMENT -- Chapter 15 EARLY WARNING SCORE (EWS) ASSESSMENT. Chapter 16 WATERLOW ASSESSMENT -- Chapter 17 PRESCRIPTION CHARTS -- Chapter 18 LOOKING AT BUDGETS -- Chapter 19 INTERPRETING DATA -- Chapter 20 EMPLOYMENT SERVICES -- Chapter 21 BODY MASS INDEX -- BMI GUIDELINES -- Part 4 TESTING YOUR KNOWLEDGE -- Chapter 22 KNOWLEDGE TESTS -- KNOWLEDGE TEST 1 -- KNOWLEDGE TEST 2 -- KNOWLEDGE TEST 3 -- KNOWLEDGE TEST 4 -- Answers to Activity Questions -- Part 5 APPENDICES -- Appendix 1 FLUID CHART -- Appendix 2 MALNUTRITION UNIVERSAL SCREENING TOOL -- Appendix 3 BRISTOL OBSERVATION CHART -- Appendix 4 WATERLOW PRESSURE ULCER PREVENTION/TREATMENT POLICY -- Appendix 5 CONVERSION TABLES -- Bibliography -- Index -- Nursing Calculation Formulas.