An introduction to physics in nursing / Hessel Howard Flitter.
By: Flitter, Hessel Howard
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Contributor(s): Rowe, Harold R.
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BookPublisher: Saint Louis : London : Mosby ; Distributed by Kimpton, 1972Edition: 6th edition / contributor Harold R. Rowe.Description: xi, 273 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.ISBN: 0801615968 .Subject(s): Medical physics | Nurses | NursingDDC classification: 610.153 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 610.153 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00036124 |
With answers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part One: Nursing and the science of physics: The nature of science -- Part Two: Measurement in physics and nursing: Measurements and accuracy -- Forces-concurrent and nonconcurrent -- Part Three: Motion in physics and nursing: Types of motion - speed, velocity and acceleration -- Gravity-center of gravity and specific gravity -- Part Four: Energy in physics and nursing: Work, energy and power -- Principles of machines, friction and simple machines -- Part Five: Molecules in physics and nursing: The framework of matter -- Part Six: Pressure in physics and nursing: Fluids-pressure in liquids -- Fluids-pressure in gases -- Subatmospheric pressure and clinical applications -- Part Seven: Heat in physics and nursing: The nature and measurement of heat -- Effects of heat -- Heat transfer -- Part Eight: Wave energy in physics and nursing: Periodic motion -- The physics of sound and hearing -- The nature and measurement of light -- The physics of vision -- Part Nine: Electricity in physics and nursing: Magnetism-a force of nature -- Electricity-electrostatics and electrodynamics -- Electronics and nursing -- Bioelectricity, electrodiagnosis and electrotherapy -- Part Ten: Nuclear physics in nursing: Atomic structure and nuclear radiation -- Quantum physics and the laser.