Safety in numbers 4: The relationship between exposure to authentic and didactic environments and Nursing Students' learning of medication dosage calculation problem solving knowledge and skills

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Weeks, Keith W ^a   Clochesy, John M ^b   Hutton, B Meriel ^c   Moseley, Laurie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Authentic learning environments; Cognitive style in mathematics; Competence; Didactic transmission; Experimental design; Learning style; Medication dosage calculation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS, NURSING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875380029     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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