ISBN:
9781437708523
Copyright:
2010
Publication Date:
07-29-2009
Page Count:
320
Imprint:
Saunders
List Price:
$55.95
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:
$55.95
Most review copies are eBooks – how fast!
A review copy request is most likely to be fulfilled as an eBook on VitalSource rather than a print product, unless no eBook is available. eBooks become available in as little as a few hours. Print products will take between 7 and 10 days to arrive. To request a print copy, please contact the Evolve Support Center or your Education Solutions Consultant.
Any student who attempts to request a review copy will be reported to the school's faculty and administration.
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!
Newer Edition Available
Saunders Math Skills for Health Professions - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
ISBN: 9780323327336
-
- 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.
-
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
Most review copies are eBooks – how fast!
A review copy request is most likely to be fulfilled as an eBook on VitalSource rather than a print product, unless no eBook is available. eBooks become available in as little as a few hours. Print products will take between 7 and 10 days to arrive. To request a print copy, please contact the Evolve Support Center or your Education Solutions Consultant.
Any student who attempts to request a review copy will be reported to the school's faculty and administration.