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How Nurses Use Math
  • Authored by: Sarah Glasscock; Math Curriculum Consultant: Rhea A. Stewart, M.A., Specialist in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education
  • Also available in Math in the Real World Set, 10-Volumes
  • Trim Size: 7 x 9-1/4
  • ISBN-10: 1604136073
  • ISBN-13: 978-1-60413-607-4
  • Status: In Stock
  • List Price: $28.00
  • Imprint: Chelsea Clubhouse
  • Published: 10/01/2009
  • Dewey Number: 610
  • Reading Level: Grades 3-5
  • Pages: 32

Summary

When you visit a doctor's office or a hospital, chances are you come into contact with a nurse, a skilled professional who uses math everyday to do his or her job. How Nurses Use Math illustrates how nurses use math to calculate medication dosages and judge the health and safety of their patients.

Concepts and skills emphasized include:

  • Number Sense and Operations
  • Problem Solving
  • Estimation
  • Measurement
  • Data Analysis
  • Algebraic Thinking
  • Geometry and Spatial Sense.

Specifications

Full-color photographs and illustrations. Glossary. Further reading. Index.

About the Author(s)

Sarah Glasscock has written fiction and nonfiction books for adults and children.

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