Mapping drug calculation skills in an undergraduate nursing curriculum

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 225-229

  Elliott, Malcolm ^a   Joyce, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calculation skills; Mathematical ability

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATOR; DOSE CALCULATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING EDUCATION; SKILL;

EID: 20444458349     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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