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Calculation skills for nurses /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Boyd, Claire (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Oxford, UK ; Ames, Iowa : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2013.
Colección:Student survival skills series.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The 24-Hour Clock
  • Part 1: Diagnosis
  • 1 Calculations Revision
  • 2 Calculations Self-Assessment
  • Part 2: Understanding Nursing Calculations
  • 3 Metric Units and Conversions
  • 4 Tablets and Capsules
  • 5 Liquids and Injectables
  • 6 Syringes and Meniscus
  • 7 Displacement Values
  • 8 Dosages According to Body Weight
  • 9 Drip Rates
  • 10 Drip-Rate Duration
  • 11 Syringe Drivers and Pumps
  • 12 Paediatric Nursing
  • Part 3: Putting It All Into Practice
  • 13 Fluid Charts
  • 14 Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (Must) Assessment
  • 15 Early Warning Score (Ews) Assessment
  • 16 Waterlow Assessment
  • 17 Prescription Charts
  • 18 Looking At Budgets
  • 19 Interpreting Data
  • 20 Employment Services
  • 21 Body Mass Index
  • Part 4: T esting Your Knowledge
  • 22 Knowledge Tests
  • 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.