Math Basics for the Health Care Professional

by Lesmeister, Michele

• ISBN13: 9780135126325
• ISBN10: 0135126320
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 2008-02-12
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Math Basics for the Health Care Professional helps trainees in a wide variety of healthcare professions to master a vital skill toward their career success. This workbook incorporates every aspect of math relevant to health care applications with a wealth practice opportunities throughout. The third edition continues to promote critical thinking through an organized presentation of instruction, practice, and self assessment. Its new features make for an even better guide to increase math proficiency. These new features include: a supplementary CD-ROM with additional sets of challenging practice tests; coverage of occupation-based units that are essential for health care personnel, including reading drug labels, medicine cups, syringes, and intravenous fluid, apothecary measurement and conversions, parenteral dosages, basic intravenous administration and basic dosage by weight units; two extra units reviewing pre-algebra basics and the metric system; and an appendix of extra practice unit tests with answer keys for easy self-checking.For Health Care professionals.

Author Biography

Michele Benjamin Lesmeister is currently a full-time, tenured member of the faculty at Renton Technical College and has taught in two-year colleges for over 20 years. Michele has also been involved in developing transitional learning materials for native speakers and second language speakers for the health care fields for 18 years. As an active participant in the Universal Design for Learning initiative on the RTC campus, Michele tries to create materials that address learner barriers and improve access to learning for all students. Michele has authored several books, both of which she uses within her own classrooms.  Michele is the Vice-President of the Renton Federation of Teachers as well as a member of the National Learning Disabilities Association, the League of Innovation, and the Council on Adult Basic Education. Michele also received the Faculty of the Year Award at RTC in 1989 and 2006.

Table of Contents

Preface

Health Occupations Matrix of Math Skills and Self-Assessment

Health Occupations Math Skills Self-Assessment

Score Sheet Math for Healthcare Professionals Pre-test

Whole Number Review

Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division Number Statements

Rounding Estimation Basics of statistical Analysis

Mean/Average Median Mode Range Roman Numerals Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3

Whole Number Self-Test

Fractions Part-to-Whole Relationships Equivalent

Fractions Reducing to Lowest or Simplest Terms

Multiplication Method

Division Method

Improper Fractions Adding Fractions with Like Denominators

Finding the Common Denominator Ordering

Fractions Subtraction of Fractions

Borrowing in Subtraction of Fractions

Multiplication of Fractions

Multiplying a Fraction by a Whole Number

Reducing before you Multiply as a Timesaver

Multiplication of Mixed Numbers Division of Fractions

Fraction Formula Complex Fractions

Fraction Self-Test

Decimals Rounding

Decimals Comparing

Decimals Addition of Decimals Subtraction of Decimals Multiplication of Decimals Division of Decimals Zeros as Placeholders in Decimal

Division Simplified Multiplication and Division of Decimals

Simplified Multiplication Simplified Division

Changing Decimals to Fractions Changing Fractions to Decimals

Temperature Conversions with Decimals

Decimal Conversion Formula Solving Mixed Fraction and Decimal Problems Decimal Self-Test

Ratio and Proportion

Ratio Proportion Solving for x Word Problems

Using Proportions Solving for x in More Complex Problems

Using Proportion Nutritional Application of Proportions

Ratio and Proportion Self-Test

Percents Percent-to-Decimal Conversion Decimal-to-Percent Conversion Using Proportion to Solve Percent Problems Percent Strength of Solutions Single Trade Discount Percent Self-Test

Combined Applications Conversion among Fractions, Decimals, Ratios, and Percent Suggested

Order of Operations

Using Combined Applications in Measurement

Conversion Standard Units of Measure More Combined Applications Combined Applications Self-Test

PreAlgebra Basics

Integers

Absolute Value

Integer Operations Adding Integers with the Same Sign Adding

Integers with Different Signs

Subtracting Integers

Multiplication of Integers

Division of Integers

Exponential Notation

Scientific Notation

Square Roots Order of Operations

Algebraic Expressions

Expressions Writing

Expressions from Word Problems

Solving Equations

Writing Equations from Word Problems

Literal Equations Pre-Algebra Basics Self-Test

The Metric System

Using the Metric Symbols Changing

Reading Drug Labels, Medicine Cups, Syringes, and Intravenous Fluid

Administration Bags

Reading Drug Labels

Reading medicine Cups

Reading Syringes

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