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Essential calculation skills for nurses, midwives and healthcare practitioners

01 July 2009

Emergency Nurse

Book Review

AS HEALTHCARE technology has increased in complexity, and the dangers from drug errors and miscalculated doses have intensified, numeracy tests for nurses have...

Pharmacology: A nursing process approach

01 March 2012

Emergency Nurse

Book Review

STANDARD 36.4 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council standards for pre-registration nurse education states that nurses are expected to ‘safely manage drug...

Drug calculations for nurses: a step-by-step approach

01 March 2010

Emergency Nurse

Book Review

THE NUMBER of medication incidents and errors reported to the National patient Safety Agency increases every year, with almost 72,500 being reported in the UK in...

Mosby’s 2010 Nursing Drug Reference

01 October 2010

Emergency Nurse

Book Review

WITH ITS lists of side effects, interactions, pharmacokinetics and nursing considerations, this nursing drug reference will meet the needs of many practitioners.

Practical Medicines Management

01 December 2013

Nursing Management

Book Review

MEDICINES MANAGEMENT is designated as one of five essential skills clusters by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, and many students learning them will find this book...

Teaching patients about their medication - an 'orphan' task

13 October 1999

Nursing Standard

Book Review

While professional bodies are adamant that all patients should receive understandable information about their treatments, service users are equally convinced this...

Nursing pharmacology made incredibly easy!

24 February 2009

Nursing Standard

Book Review

The title is appealing, but it may be misleading. However wittily pharmacology is presented, the large number of facts and their inter- elation to complex body...

Work needed on dissemination of patient safety alerts

28 July 2009

Nursing Standard

Letter

Further to Annette Lankshear’s article on patient safety alerts (career development July 1), one adverse event was reported for every 21 hospital admissions in...

Medication administration needs structured monitoring

27 April 2010

Nursing Standard

Letter

‘Older nurses are better at maths, report reveals’ and ‘Training assessment will address medication and care concerns’ (news April 7) highlight the need to reduce...

Calculating drug doses safely – a handbook for nurses and midwives

18 April 2006

Nursing Standard

Book Review

Drug calculation is no one’s favourite topic. In the classroom, drug calculations may appear tedious and difficult, but any mistakes can be dangerous. Several...