Can you do the math? Mathematic competencies of baccalaureate degree nursing students

Nurse Educator

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 98-100

  Brown, Daryle L ^a  

^a WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEDICATION ERRORS; NEW ENGLAND; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 33745482973     PISSN: 03633624     EISSN: 15389855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006223-200605000-00003     Document Type: Article

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