Numeracy skills of nursing students

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 815-818

  Eastwood, Kathryn J ^a   Boyle, Malcolm J ^a   Williams, Brett ^a   Fairhall, Robyn ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calculations; Drug calculations; Error; Maths; Nurse; Patient safety; Student nurses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOSE CALCULATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80755128960     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.12.014     Document Type: Article

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