Safety in numbers: An introduction to the nurse education in practice series

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Weeks, Keith W ^a   Sabin, Mike ^b   Pontin, David ^a   Woolley, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS EDUCATION FOR SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education action research; Education translation research; Medication dosage calculation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT SAFETY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; EDUCATION, NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT SAFETY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84875374923     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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