Taking care of people -- Giving eye tests -- Keeping records -- Taking the pulse -- Measuring medicine -- Taking care of the tiniest babies -- Working in a doctor's office -- Refilling prescriptions -- Nurse practitioners -- Visiting nurses -- Taking care of older patients -- Expecting a baby -- If you want to be a nurse -- Answer key.
Summary:
Designed to assist students in understanding the mathematical principles needed by nurses in their day-to-day employment. Emphasizes number sense and operations, problem solving, estimation, measurement, data analysis, algebraic thinking, geometry and spatial sense.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.