Neil Davison 
Numeracy and Clinical Calculations for Nurses, second edition [EPUB ebook] 

About the author; Preface to the second edition; Acknowledgements; How to use this book
1. Numeracy and calculation skills in the clinical environment
     1.1 Why you need to know about numbers and calculations
     1.2 Common calculation errors
     1.3 Developing your calculation and numeracy skills
Self-assessment test 1.1
2. Back to basics
     2.1 Introduction
     2.2 The decimal system
     2.3 Addition
     2.4 Subtraction
     2.5 Multiplication
     2.6 Division
     2.7 Factors
     2.8 Fractions
     2.9 Percentages
     2.10 Ratios
     2.11 Expressing large numbers
Self-assessment tests 2.1-2.9
3. The SI system
     3.1 Introduction
     3.2 Volume
     3.3 Weight
     3.4 Pressure
Self-assessment tests 3.1-3.4
4. Calculating drug doses
     4.1 Reducing the risk of administration error
     4.2 Calculating for oral administration
     4.3 Calculating for administration by injection
     4.4 Calculating intravenous flows
     4.5 Drug calculations based on per kilogram of body weight
Self-assessment tests 4.1-4.7
5. Other clinical calculations
     5.1 Introduction
     5.2 The 24-hour clock
     5.3 Organisation of care
     5.4 Hydration
     5.5 Nutritional status
     5.6 Weight
Self-assessment tests 5.1-5.5
6. Further self-assessment tests
     Tests 6.1-6.3: working in SI units
     Tests 6.4-6.6: calculating drug doses
     Tests 6.7-6.10: conversions, calculations, measurement, medication administration
Appendix 1: Administering medicines safely
Appendix 2: Routes of administration
Appendix 3: Medication administration records
Appendix 4: Drug glossary
Appendix 5: Multiplication grid
Appendix 6: Conversion tables
Answers to self-assessment tests; References

Neil Davison worked in trauma and orthopaedics after the completion of his state registration and orthopaedic nursing qualifications in the 1970s and early 1980s. He lectured at Bangor University for two decades and has extensive experience of teaching drug calculations and numeracy to both pre- and post-registration students. He was made a Teaching Fellow at the university in 1999 and retired in 2012. Since then, Neil has continued to teach on healthcare courses in the further education sector and in the hospitals of North Wales.