The effect of an interactive e-drug calculations package on nursing students' drug calculation ability and self-efficacy

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 421-430

  McMullan, Miriam ^a   Jones, Ray ^a   Lea, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer assisted instruction; Drug dosage calculations; Medication errors; Nursing education; Randomised controlled trial; Safety; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED TRIAL; MEDICATION ERRORS; NURSING EDUCATION; SAFETY; SELF EFFICACY;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; DRUG DOSAGE; E-LEARNING; ERRORS; NURSING; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERACTIVE E DRUG CALCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NURSING COMPETENCE; NURSING STUDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955470819     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.10.021     Document Type: Article

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