Numeracy for nursing, report of a pilot study to compare outcomes of two practical simulation tools - An online medication dosage assessment and practical assessment in the style of objective structured clinical examination

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 608-614

  Hutton, M ^a   Coben, Diana ^a   Hall, Carol ^b   Rowe, David ^c   Sabin, Mike ^d   Weeks, Keith ^e   Woolley, Norman ^e  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS EDUCATION FOR SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Medication calculations; Numeracy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG THERAPY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INJECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROCAPSULE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; TABLET; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CAPSULES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; DRUG THERAPY; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PILOT PROJECTS; TABLETS;

EID: 77956094956     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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