Mathematics explained for health care practitioners /
Derek Haylock, Paul Warburton.
- London : SAGE, 2013.
- 264 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
1.Understanding the number system -- 2.Addition and subtraction skills -- 3.Mutiplication and division skills -- 4.Units of length -- 5.Units of liquid volume -- 6.Units of weight -- 7.Using a calculator -- 8.Rounding -- 9.Calculations with decimal numbers -- 10.Imperial units still in use -- 11.Understanding fractions and ratios -- 12.Proportionality and \'per\' -- 13.Percentages -- 14.Miscellaneous mathematics -- 15.Application.
From best-selling mathematics author Derek Haylock, this text covers a core topic on the undergraduate nursing and healthcare curriculum.