Numeracy in Children's Nursing E-Book

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 326

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

Numeracy in Children's Nursing and Healthcare is a handy, practical book which highlights the importance of numbers, numeracy and calculations in children's nursing practice, instilling nursing students and qualified nurses with confidence and competence when working with numbers and calculating drug doses. This accessible guide covers all aspects of numeracy from basic skills through to complex drug administration, and provides case studies throughout enabling the reader to apply the theory to practice. Each chapter adopts the same accessible and easy-to-follow format, featuring learning outcomes, a case scenario, key numeracy information, hints and tips, activities and exercises, and a glossary of terms.

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NUMERACY IN CHILDREN’S NURSING

Arija Parker

Senior Lecturer School of Health University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN)

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Cover image courtesy of Biruta Daina Jefimovs

Contents

CONTRIBUTORS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

DISCLAIMER

ABOUT THE COMPANION WEBSITE

GETTING STARTED: HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

SECTION 1: Numbers and place value

SECTION 2: Weights and measures

SECTION 3: Basic numeracy skills, i.e. addition, subtraction, long multiplication and long division

SECTION 4: Fractions, percentages, ratio and proportion

SECTION 5: Using formulae in children’s nursing practice

CHAPTER 1 THE ROLE OF NUMERACY IN NURSING AND HEALTHCARE PRACTICE

CASE SCENARIO 1

INTRODUCTION

THE LANGUAGE OF MATHEMATICS AND NUMERACY

ERRORS IN NUMERACY PRACTICE

APPLICATION OF NUMBER TO CASE SCENARIO

CONCLUSION

NOTES

CHAPTER 2 COUNTING AND MEASURING

CASE SCENARIO 2

INTRODUCTION

SETTING THE CONTEXT

COUNTING AND USE OF WHOLE NUMBERS

COUNTING AND MEASURING TIME

SI UNITS – WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

SURFACE AREA

USE OF SYMBOLS – PI, ANGLES, TIME

TEMPERATURE

PRESSURE

CHARTING COUNTING AND MEASUREMENT

CONCLUDING COMMENTS

CHAPTER 3 BASIC NUMERACY SKILLS UNDERPINNING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S NURSING PRACTICE

CASE SCENARIO 3

INTRODUCTION

APPLYING BASIC NUMERICAL OPERATIONS TO THE NURSING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

OUTCOMES IN RELATION TO TOMMY

CONCLUDING COMMENTS

CHAPTER 4 ADVANCING ONWARDS: TAKING THE WHOLE NUMBER APART

CASE SCENARIO 4

CASE SCENARIO 5

INTRODUCTION

FRACTIONS

REVISITING DECIMAL NUMBERS

PERCENTAGES

RATIO OR PROPORTION?

PROPORTION

PROBABILITY

CONCLUDING COMMENTS

CHAPTER 5 PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER – A FORMULA FOR CHILDREN’S NURSES

CASE SCENARIO 6

CASE SCENARIO 7

INTRODUCTION

PHARMACOLOGY AND CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE: HOW MEDICINES WORK

THE NUMBERS – RIGHT DOSE AND RIGHT TIME

CONCLUDING COMMENTS

CHAPTER 6 ADMINISTERING MEDICINES AND MANAGING NUMBERS IN MORE COMPLEX SETTINGS – THE PHARMACIST AND NEONATAL NURSING PERSPECTIVES

CASE SCENARIO 8

INTRODUCTION

PHYSIOLOGY AND NUMERACY RELATED TO BOBBY

CONCLUDING COMMENTS

CHAPTER 7 CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND NUMBER SENSE

CASE SCENARIO 9

INTRODUCTION

CONCLUDING COMMENTS

CHAPTER 8 WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE?

ANSWERS

APPENDIX FAMOUS MATHEMATICIANS

REFERENCES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

EULA

Guide

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Contributors

Gerard Donaghy

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Royal Preston Hospital

Preston, UK

Lisa McCormack

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Royal Preston Hospital

Preston, UK

Acknowledgements

Thank you to the nursing staff and pharmacists from the children’s wards and neonatal unit at Royal Preston Hospital for their time and suggestions for case scenarios, and to all the children and families who have contributed their experiences to ensure that this book has a ‘real’ focus (even though their anonymity and confidentiality has been protected throughout as per NMC (2015) The Code). A big special thank you goes to Lisa and Gerard who have contributed a chapter to this book, thus ensuring that the ‘specialist’ neonatal perspective to more complex calculation is evident.

A special thank you goes to Elaine MacDonald and the team of diabetes specialist nurses she works with, for her input and expertise in relation to the management of children and young people with diabetes.

Thank you to the publishers for giving me this opportunity to develop a numeracy text book that is a little bit different from the usual that is with the focus on children and the unique addition of illustrations that I have to thank my sister, Biruta Daina Jefimovs, for. I thank all the people around her who have inspired her also – it is amazing how a visual image can generate so many thoughts and ideas which have added to the quality of the written work in this book.

Thank you for the help and support offered by my family who were both tested from a numeracy perspective (in addition to having to do the usual KS2 and KS3 homework) as well as having a mother/wife who became obsessed with numbers in general and so did not attend to her other duties with as much enthusiasm and passion as expected.

Thank you to many mathematicians, many of whom I did not know existed before starting to research this book – this appreciation of the world of numbers will no doubt continue to grow beyond the publication of this book to infinity and beyond (to quote Lightyear, B).

Thanks finally to all the writers of books and resources that support and inform the good numeracy practice in relation to nursing education that underpins this book.

Arija Parker

DISCLAIMER

Every attempt has been made to ensure that an up-to-date evidence base has been utilised when offering additional information and discussing the care of children, whose case scenarios form the basis for numeracy-related activities, though some artistic licence has been taken to illustrate the numeracy points being made to ensure that the learning in relation to numeracy is reinforced. So please do not rely totally on the brief information offered and read in greater depth than is offered here in relation to anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology and evidence-based practice.

In the same way some recognised nursing assessment tools such as PEWS and pain assessment charts, tools have been adapted to suit the needs of the fictitious hospital used in this book which are not tools that are in existence though have been developed from real life examples and references/bibliography included at the end of the book thus acknowledging the primary sources used.

About the companion website

Do not forget to visit the companion website for this book:

www.wiley.com/go/parker/numeracy

There you will find valuable material designed to enhance your learning, including:

Further information on some of the case scenarios in the book

Numeracy activities and worksheets

PowerPoints on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

Further resources including links to useful websites

Templated materials to support your learning

Scan this QR code to visit the companion website

GETTING STARTED: HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

What you need to do and how to use this book

What do you need to give to this book? An open mind, a willingness to challenge some of the assumptions that you have about the worId of mathematics and, as a result, change some of the ways you use mathematical skills in your nursing practice. What you will not need is a typical school mathematics toolkit that includes a ruler, protractor and compass.

What is included in this ‘getting started’ section is a numeracy toolkit that consists of this book and the accompanying website or Online Numeracy Experience (ONE) resource. The guidance that follows will help you navigate your way through the content and use the book and website to their best advantage.