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Useful Resources
Useful Resources
Chapter 1: Diagnostic Assessment
BBC Bitesize
The BBC Bitesize online resources offer revision material that you can use to enhance your numeracy and mathematical skills. The web pages below have been referenced in this chapter and are accessible free of charge.
1. Addition
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/number/addition/read1.shtml
2. Subtraction
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/number/subtraction/read1.shtml
3. Cancelling fractions
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/number/fractionsrev3.shtml
4. Multiplying and dividing fractions
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/number/fractionsrev22.shtml
5. Long multiplication
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/number/multiplicationdivisionrev1.shtml
6. Long division
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/number/multiplicationdivisionrev2.shtml
7. Units of time
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/shape_space/measures/read7.shtml
8. Decimals
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/number/decimalsrev1.shtml
9. Percentages
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/number/percentagesrev1.shtml
10. Converting fractions and decimals
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/number/fracsdecpersrev1.shtml
11. Ratios
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/number/ratiosrev2.shtml
12. Prime factors
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/number/primefactorsrev1.shtml
13. Rounding decimals
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/number/roundestimaterev2.shtml
14. Converting measurements
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/shapes/measuresrev1.shtml
Mathcentre
Another useful free online resource is the Higher Education Academy Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Mathcentre which offers students quick reference guides, practice and revision materials, video tutorials, workbooks and online practice exercises on many branches of mathematics. For nurses the following areas contain useful extra practice material and have been referenced in this chapter.
15. Decimals
www.mathcentre.ac.uk/students.php/health/arithmetic/decimals/resources/386
16. Fractions
www.mathcentre.ac.uk/students.php/health/arithmetic/fractions/resources/
17. Percentages
www.mathcentre.ac.uk/students.php/health/arithmetic/percentages/resources/
18. Rules of arithmetic
www.mathcentre.ac.uk/students.php/health/arithmetic/rules/resources/
OpenLearn
The Open University (OU) OpenLearn website gives free access to learning materials from higher education courses. The following pages are relevant to your nursing studies.
19. Numbers, units and arithmetic
http://labspace.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3434
20. Rounding and estimation
Chapter 2: Essential numeracy requirements for nursing
For free online guides and resources on basic mathematics revision, refer to the following websites.
BBC Bitesize and Skillswise
The BBC Bitesize and Skillswise websites offer many tutorials which could be used to gain more practice at a basic mathematics level.
1. Times tables grid
www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/multiplication/timestables/ factsheet1.shtml
2. Multiplication methods
www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/multiplication/timestables/ factsheet3.shtml
3. Long multiplication and division
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/number/multiplicationdivisionrev1.shtml
4. Division using repeated subtraction
www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/division/written/factsheet3.shtml
5. Rounding
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/number/roundestimaterev2.shtml
6. Addition
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/number/addition/read3.shtml
7. Subtraction
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/number/subtraction/read3.shtml
OpenLearn
8. Numbers, units and arithmetic
http://labspace.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3434
9. Rounding and estimation
Chapter 3: Quantity conversions for nurses
The following website is useful for metric conversion practice and is free for six months if you register. Try a free download first and register when you need to.
1.Metric conversions quiz
www.testandcalc.com/quiz/testmet.htm
These free websites offer guides and resources on metric measure conversions.
BBC Bitesize
2.Measures
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/shape_space/measures/read1.shtml
OpenLearn
3.Numbers, units and arithmetic
http://labspace.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3434
4.Rounding and estimation
Chapter 4: Fluid balance and maintenance
The following websites offer revision material that you can use to enhance your numeracy skills. The pages listed below are accessible free of charge and can be used to help you with the arithmetic required for this chapter.
BBC Bitesize
1.Addition
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/number/addition/read1.shtml
2.Subtraction
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/number/subtraction/read1.shtml
Mathcentre
3.Rules of arithmetic
www.mathcentre.ac.uk/students.php/health/arithmetic/rules/resources/
Chapter 5: Drug calculations
The following websites offer revision material that you can use to enhance your numeracy skills. If you need to revise any of the skills covered earlier, for example in Chapters 2 and 3, look at the web pages listed at the end of those chapters.
Testandcalc
The following website is useful for drug calculations practice and is free for six months if you register. Try a free download first and register when you need to.
1. Drug calculations quiz page
www.testandcalc.com/quiz/index.asp
Nursing Standard
The Nursing Standard has online guides and resources for subscribers.
Chapter 6: Calculating intravenous rates
Testandcalc
The following website is useful for IV Flow Rate practice and is free for six months if you register. Try a free download first and register when you need to.
1. IV flow rates quiz
Chapter 7: Calculations and children
There are no further resources for this chapter
Chapter 8: Exam skills and revision exercises
BBC Bitesize and Mathcentre
The BBC Bitesize and the Mathcentre online resources offer revision material that you can use to enhance your numeracy skills. The web pages for each of the chapters you need to revise can be found at the end of those chapters.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/number/
http://www.mathcentre.ac.uk/students/courses/health/drugdose/
Test and calc
This website is useful for drug calculations practice and is free for six months if you register. Try a free download first and register when you need to.
1. Metric conversions quiz
www.testandcalc.com/quiz/testmet.htm
2. Fluid dosages quiz
www.testandcalc.com/quiz/testflu.htm
3. IV flow rates quiz
www.testandcalc.com/quiz/testiv.htm
4. Tablet dosages quiz