Biostatistics for Nurses by BT Basavanthappa - 2013

Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd., 2013. First edition. Softcover. New. Nurses need Biostatistics in many ways. It helps nurses to calculate and know the biological values, laboratory values, vital statistics and calculate the dosage of drugs, infusion, transfusion and their duration and also it helps to identify mistakes, abnormalities in values and others. All these help to plan the nursing care. This book is designed to acquaint the nurses and nursing students with statistical techniques most commonly used and reported in the nursing literature. Key Features Biostatistics for Nurses is based on course and curricula of nursing students. This book is designed to providenursing students and nurses with the knowledge and skill in applying statistics on their practice settings. Inview of these changes, the book is organized into 20 chapters. Ideally, the text is flowed sequentially, but everyeffort has been made to respect the differing needs of diverse curricula and students. Thus, each chapter standson its own merit and may be read independently of others. Every attempt has been made to maintain simpleand lucid language and style, so that students can grasp the subject very clearly and completely. Printed Pages: 584. NA