Essential Calculations for Veterinary Nurses and Technicians

by Terry Lake, Nicola Green, Margi Sirois (Foreword)

This new edition continues to explain common mathematical principles in veterinary terms. With the introduction of the Evolve platform, both student and qualified nurses or technicians benefit from an interactive site where they can test their knowledge with interactive questions and quizzes; while instructors can create their own quizzes and tasks to use as aids in their teaching. Drawing upon his extensive experience, Terry Lake also provides a method of conversion that simplifies equations and removes the necessity of memorizing formulae. Terry Lake is also joined in this second edition by Nicola Green, an experienced instructor in dosage calculations who has devised the Evolve component. The text uses a commonsense approach to clinical situations faced by every student and qualified practitioner, highlighting common errors and providing tips for avoiding potential pitfalls. This extremely useful text takes the student from the secure ground of decimals and percentages, through to the uncharted terrain of statistics and dimensional analysis – all in an easily accessible and user-friendly style.

Genres: Animals, Textbooks

176 pages, Paperback

Published October 6, 2008

Reviews

[Claire · Rating 4 out of 5]

Has a number of hints to make calculations faster which I liked.

[Rex · Rating 5 out of 5]

Handy calculations reference for Vet. Tech. and Chem. Lab. Highly recommended. It's essential to know the nuts and bolts before we push the Vet. App buttons.

[Riobhcah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent math review. I kind of wished that more review problems would have been included, but still it is a great little book that does a very good job of explaining calculations that vet techs really need to know.