Enhancing student nurses' medication calculation knowledge; integrating theoretical knowledge into practice

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1014-1019

  Coyne, Elisabeth ^a   Needham, Judith ^a   Rands, Hazel ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conceptualising drug calculations; Medication calculation; Nurse education; Student nurse

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOSE CALCULATION; EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84883453026     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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