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03661cam a2200265 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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9781118448953 |
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140717t2013 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781118448953 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Boyd, Claire |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Calculation Skills for Nurses |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1 |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Hoboken : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Wiley, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2013 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
1 online resource (209 p.) |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Student Survival Skills |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Description based upon print version of record. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
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 |
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Simple Conversions from Fractions, Decimals and PercentagesRATIOS; 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 |
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Chapter 11 SYRINGE DRIVERS AND PUMPSSYRINGE 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 |
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Chapter 16 WATERLOW ASSESSMENTChapter 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 |
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IndexNursing Calculation Formulas |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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Remote |
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[electronic resource]. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Providing 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. The book takes away the fear of calculations, making it approachable, easy and fun, and ties in with the NMC standards for pre-registration education and the Essential Skills Clusters. It is filled with examples and questions based on real life nursing and healthcare situations and includes key information displayed on the inside back cover for quick look-up on clinical placements. |
| 856 ## - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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<a href="http://bhnt.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=1132833">http://bhnt.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=1132833</a> |