Saunders Math Skills for Health Professionals - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 1st Edition
by Rebecca Hickey, RN, RMC, AHI, CHI
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
ISBN:
9781437708523
Copyright:
2010
Publication Date:
07-29-2009
Page Count:
320
Imprint:
Saunders
List Price:
$68.99
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When students see exactly how math applies to patient care, they're more likely to be interested, engaged, and motivated. This textbook uses a clear, practical approach to cover fundamental math principles, including fractions and percentages, systems of measurement, basic algebra, and statistics. No other text makes math so friendly and so accessible!
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- Unique full-color design highlights key information, such as how to set up problems, the different parts of equations, and how decimal points move.
- Special boxes focus on the math skills that students will use every day in the healthcare setting.
- A workbook format lets students solve problems as they review the material.
- Spiral binding makes it easy to write answers in the book.
- Chapter objectives emphasize what students are expected to learn and how it applies to patient care.
- Practice the Skill problems may be used as class activities, given as quizzes, or assigned as homework.
- Human Error boxes offer tips on avoiding common math mistakes.
- Strategy boxes demonstrate the steps necessary in correctly solving a problem.
- Each chapter includes at least 10 Word Problems, helping students apply abstract mathematical concepts to real-world situations.
- Math in the Real World boxes highlight world problems that apply to common healthcare situations.
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1. Basic Math Review
2. Roman Numerals and Military Time
3. Fractions
4. Word Problems, Percentages, and Decimals
5. Ratios and Proportions
6. General Accounting
7. The Metric System
8. U.S. Customary Units and the Apothecary System
9. Application of Measurement and Dose Conversion
10. Power of Ten
11. Introduction to Statistics
12. Graphs: Tool of Organization
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Rebecca Hickey, RN, RMC, AHI, CHI, Rebecca Wallace Hickey, RN
Secondary Health Tech Instructor
Butler Technology and Career Development Schools
Fairfield Township, Ohio
Adjunct Instructor, Office Information Technology Program
University of Cincinnati - Raymond Walters Campus
Cincinnati, Ohio
Registered Nurse
Liberty Urgent Care
Liberty Township, Ohio