Nursing students' pharmacological knowledge and calculation skills. Ready for practice?

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 499-505

  Dilles, Tinne ^a,b   Vander Stichele, Robert R ^b   Van Bortel, Lucas ^b   Elseviers, Monique M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Administration dosage; Drug dosage calculations; Health knowledge, attitudes, practice; Nursing; Pharmaceutical preparations; Professional competence; Students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BELGIUM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; DOSE CALCULATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BELGIUM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, DIPLOMA PROGRAMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PHARMACOLOGY, CLINICAL; SCHOOLS, NURSING; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957651223     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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