Nursing students' confidence in medication calculations predicts math exam performance

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-223

  Andrew, Sharon ^a   Salamonson, Yenna ^a   Halcomb, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mathematics; Medication; Self efficacy; Student

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DOSE CALCULATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 58649117780     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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