Can effective teaching and learning strategies help student nurses to retain drug calculation skills?

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 856-864

  Wright, Kerri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug calculations; Essential skills; Retention of skills; Student nurses; Teaching and learning strategies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; DOSE CALCULATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; TEACHING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MENTAL RECALL; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING;

EID: 49749098927     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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