Basic Math for Nursing and Allied Health

Lynn Egler (St. Clair Shores,MI) has been an allied health instructor in the areas of Pharm Tech, Med Term, A/P, Medical Assisting and Surgical Assisting at Dorsey Schools. Dorsey is a large chain of Career schools. Lynn also is a certified pharmacy technician.Kathryn A. Booth (Palm Coast, FL) is an RN with a Master's degree in education as well as certifications in phlebotomy, pharmacy technician, and medical assisting. She is an author, educator, and consultant for Total Care Programming, Inc., a multimedia software development company.

• CHAPTER 1 Understanding Numbers, Story Problems, and Numbering SystemsIntroductionReading for NumbersStory ProblemsIdentifying and Extracting InformationSetting Up and Solving EquationsArabic NumbersNumber ValuesCombining and CountingRoman NumeralsRules for Roman NumeralsCombining Roman NumeralsChapter SummaryChapter Practice TestCHAPTER 2 Basic Operations and Whole NumbersIntroductionBasics of AdditionAdding Whole NumbersBasics of SubtractionSubtracting Whole NumbersChecking Your WorkBasics of MultiplicationMultiplication TablesMultiplying Whole NumbersBasics of DivisionDividing Whole NumbersChecking Your WorkChapter SummaryChapter Practice TestCHAPTER 3 Fractions and Mixed NumbersIntroductionFractionsProper FractionsImproper FractionsMixed NumbersReducing Fractions to Lowest TermsChapter SummaryChapter Practice TestCHAPTER 4 Basic Operations with FractionsIntroductionAdding and Subtracting Fractions with Common DenominatorsAdding and Subtracting Fractions with Different DenominatorsAdding or Subtracting Fractions and Mixed or Whole NumbersMultiplying Fractions and Mixed NumbersDividing Fractions and Mixed NumbersChapter SummaryChapter Practice TestCHAPTER 5 Working with DecimalsIntroductionDecimalsConverting Fractions to DecimalsConverting Decimals to FractionsRoundingChapter SummaryChapter Practice TestCHAPTER 6 Basic Operations with DecimalsIntroductionAdding and Subtracting DecimalsMultiplying and Dividing DecimalsChapter SummaryChapter Practice TestCHAPTER 7 Percents, Ratios, and ProportionsIntroductionConverting Decimals and PercentsRatios and ProportionsProportionsCross MultiplicationChapter SummaryChapter Practice TestCHAPTER 8 Systems of MeasurementIntroductionWorking with ConversionsStandard Household System of MeasurementMetric System of MeasurementConverting Between Standard Household and Metric Systems of MeasurementsFraction Proportion MethodRatio Proportion MethodFraction Proportion MethodRatio Proportion MethodTemperatureTimeChapter SummaryChapter Practice TestCHAPTER 9 Putting It All TogetherIntroductionUnderstanding Numbers, Story Problems, and Numbering SystemsBasic Operations and Whole NumbersFractions and Mixed NumbersBasic Operations with FractionsWorking with DecimalsBasic Operations with DecimalsPercents, Ratios, and ProportionsSystems of MeasurementComprehensive Exam (Chapters 1 to 8)Answer KeyGlossary of Key TermsIndex

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