Student nurses' perceptions of how they learn drug calculation skills

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 721-726

  Wright, Kerri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug calculations skills; Learning styles; Student nurses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOSE CALCULATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HUMANS; LEARNING; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84863868185     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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