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The effectiveness of an e-learning course on medication calculation in nursing students: a clustered quasi-experimental study.

Journal of advanced nursing

Van Lancker A, Baldewijns K, Verhaeghe R, Robays H, Buyle F, Colman R, Van Hecke A.
PMID: 27060466
J Adv Nurs. 2016 Sep;72(9):2054-64. doi: 10.1111/jan.12967. Epub 2016 Apr 06.

AIM: To evaluate the effectiveness of an e-learning course compared with a face-to-face lecture on medication calculation.BACKGROUND: The current knowledge on medication calculation of nursing students and nurses is insufficient to provide safe care.DESIGN: A stratified-clustered quasi-experimental study.METHODS: A...

Factors associated with nursing students' medication competence at the beginning and end of their education.

BMC medical education

Sulosaari V, Huupponen R, Hupli M, Puukka P, Torniainen K, Leino-Kilpi H.
PMID: 26683623
BMC Med Educ. 2015 Dec 18;15:223. doi: 10.1186/s12909-015-0513-0.

BACKGROUND: In previous studies, deficiencies in nursing students' medication competence have been highlighted. However, the focus of research has been limited especially to medication calculation competence and factors associated with it. In order to develop undergraduate nursing education and...

Ongoing education would boost competency in drug calculations.

Nursing times

Pryce-Miller M, Emanual V.
PMID: 20882823
Nurs Times. 2010 Aug 31-Sep 6;106(34):8.

No abstract available.

Understanding decimal numbers: a foundation for correct calculations.

International journal of nursing education scholarship

Pierce RU, Steinle VA, Stacey KC, Widjaja W.
PMID: 18312228
Int J Nurs Educ Scholarsh. 2008;5:Article7. doi: 10.2202/1548-923X.1439. Epub 2008 Feb 28.

This paper reports on the effectiveness of an intervention designed to improve nursing students' conceptual understanding of decimal numbers. Results of recent intervention studies have indicated some success at improving nursing students' numeracy through practice in applying procedural rules...

The effect of context on nursing student math aptitude.

Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing

Newton SE, Moore G, Harris M, Pittiglio L.
PMID: 21078502
J Prof Nurs. 2010 Nov-Dec;26(6):341-5. doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2010.07.001.

Math proficiency is a prerequisite to the performance of many nursing functions, including medication calculations, but many nursing students have difficulty performing this basic clinical skill. Research has demonstrated that math aptitude alone does not fully explain student outcomes...

Safety in numbers: an introduction to the Nurse Education in Practice series.

Nurse education in practice

Weeks KW, Sabin M, Pontin D, Woolley N.
PMID: 22795760
Nurse Educ Pract. 2013 Mar;13(2):e4-e10. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2012.06.006. Epub 2012 Jul 12.

This paper introduces this Nurse Education in Practice 'Safety in Numbers' series. We introduce the background and seven papers that explore the outcomes of a 20-year programme of healthcare education translation research and education action research that focuses on...

Design and evaluation of an application-based pharmaceutical calculations review module.

Currents in pharmacy teaching & learning

Hegener MA.
PMID: 34294242
Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2021 Aug;13(8):1018-1023. doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2021.06.016. Epub 2021 Jun 18.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To describe the design of an application-based calculations review module, determine retention of skills learned in a calculations course, determine student ability to identify information necessary to solve calculations, and evaluate student perceptions.EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY AND SETTING:...

Medications and Quality Improvement: Both Need the Right Dose to Be Effective.

Quality management in health care

Boonyasai RT.
PMID: 31246783
Qual Manag Health Care. 2019 Jul/Sep;28(3):186-187. doi: 10.1097/QMH.0000000000000222.

No abstract available.

Precision Dosing: An Industry Perspective.

Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics

Peck RW.
PMID: 33107023
Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2021 Jan;109(1):47-50. doi: 10.1002/cpt.2064. Epub 2020 Oct 26.

No abstract available.

Effectiveness of Providing Video Podcasts to Pharmacy Students in a Self-Study Pharmaceutical Calculations Module.

American journal of pharmaceutical education

Mnatzaganian CL, Singh RF, Best BM, Morello CM.
PMID: 34283785
Am J Pharm Educ. 2020 Dec;84(12):ajpe7977. doi: 10.5688/ajpe7977. Epub 2020 Sep 18.

No abstract available.

The use of simulation in medication calculation instruction: a pilot study.

Nurse educator

Costello M.
PMID: 21857332
Nurse Educ. 2011 Sep-Oct;36(5):181-2. doi: 10.1097/NNE.0b013e3182297a1d.

Mathematical competency is essential to students' understanding of medication calculation. A simulation instruction improved students' medication calculation test grades from baseline.

Best Evidence Topic report. BET 1. Can paramedics accurately perform drug calculations?.

Emergency medicine journal : EMJ

Eastwood KJ.
PMID: 19164623
Emerg Med J. 2009 Feb;26(2):117-8. doi: 10.1136/emj.2008.070789.

No abstract available.

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