Nursing students' mathematic calculation skills

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 655-661

  Rainboth, Lynde ^a   DeMasi, Chris ^b  

^a NEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BryanLGH College of Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Calculation method; Mathematical skills; Medication calculation skills; Nursing student

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG THERAPY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MATHEMATICS; MEDICATION ERROR; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; STANDARD; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG THERAPY; EDUCATION, NURSING, DIPLOMA PROGRAMS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MATHEMATICS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING;

EID: 33751340561     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2006.07.022     Document Type: Article

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