yes , in areas assessing weight, quantities of fluids in and out of the body, time in regard to times to give medication etc
yes
you need to give medications and that requires math.
Yes, that and grammar.
may be not
They dont, nurses dont take xrays! Radiologic technologist take xrays!
Nurses constantly use math on the job. A quick head count may be often performed when one has wandering patients. Checking and notating body temperatures, blood pressure, and pulse rates also requires math skills.
yeah. fractions.
4 years
Being a nurse means that you will need to make changes in medications that require math. Sometimes medications are mixed with saline or water and you will need to find the percentage of medication in the saline.
you need to learn about math...
Not with everything... they sometimes use math when making medicine or getting the right dose of insulin or a drip for instance. If you study to become a nurse you study a different type of math, like medical math to figure out how strong the medicine is compared to the patients weight, age, and mistakes. I remember it as being hard but I'm not a genius when it comes to math normally. There are little tricks that helps you remember though...
it does because you have to no how much meds to give a patient