Student nurses need more than maths to improve their drug calculating skills

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 278-285

  Wright, Kerri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conceptualising drug calculations; Drug calculation skills; Maths skills; Nurse education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOOK; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DRUG THERAPY; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; MEDICATION ERROR; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TEACHING; THINKING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; DRUG THERAPY; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MEDICATION ERRORS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEXTBOOKS; THINKING;

EID: 34147112314     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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