Benchmark assessment of numeracy for nursing : Medication dosage calculation at point of registration

Norman Woolley; Keith Weeks; Diana Coben; Carol Hall; Meriel Hutton; David Rowe

Benchmark assessment of numeracy for nursing : Medication dosage calculation at point of registration

Norman Woolley, Keith Weeks, Diana Coben, Carol Hall, Meriel Hutton, David Rowe

Faculty of Life Sciences and Education

Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review

Abstract

Background The development of competence in numeracy by healthcare staff and students of healthcare programmes within higher education is a key area for concern, as shown by successive studies (Jukes, 2006). Th NPSA, in partnership with the British Medical Journal (BMJ) Publishing Group, has provided a standardised online educational package for junior doctors (NPSA, 2006) but as yet nothing has been instigated for nurses and other healthcare professionals. Etc..

Original language	English
Publisher	NHS Scotland
Commissioning body	NHS Education for Scotland
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 1 Jan 2010

Keywords

numeracy
medication dosage
nursing registration

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