Calculation skills for nurses: palliative care

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Nurse PrescribingVol. 9, No. 2 Calculation SkillsCalculation skills for nurses: palliative careAlison G EggletonAlison G EggletonSearch for more papers by this authorAlison G EggletonPublished Online:16 Aug 2013https://doi.org/10.12968/npre.2011.9.2.62AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail View article References Anon (2000) Boots pharmacist and trainee cleared of baby's manslaughter, but fined for dispensing a defective medicine. PJ 264: 390–2 Google Scholar Hutton M, Gardner H (2005) Calculation skills. Paediatric Nursing 17(2): 1–17. Available at: www.cf.ac.uk/mathssupport/learningresources/mathsforhealth/pncalculationskills.pdf (accessed 10 January 2011) Google Scholar Institute for Safe Medication Practices (2003) Double checks for endogenous and exogenous errors. ISMP Medication safety alert: Acute Care. Available at: www.ismp.org/Newsletters/acutecare/articles/20031030.asp (accessed 10 January 2011) Google Scholar Institute for Safe Medication Practices (2007) ISMP's List of High-Alert Medications. Available at: www.ismp.org (accessed 10 January 2011) Google Scholar Joint Formulary Committee (2010) British National Formulary 60. British Medical Association and Royal Pharmaceutical Society, London Google Scholar Kohn LTCorrigan JMDonaldson MSEds (2000) To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System. Institute of Medicine. Committee on Quality of Health Care in America. National Academy Press, Washington, DC Google Scholar Lesar S (1998) Errors in the use of medication dosage equations. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 152(4): 340–4 Crossref, Google Scholar National Patient Safety Agency (2007) Patient Safety Alert 20: Promoting safer use of injectable medicines. National Patient Safety Agency, London Google Scholar Nursing and Midwifery Council (2006) Standards of proficiency for nurse and midwife prescribers. Available at: www.nmc-uk.org/aArticleaspx?ArticleID=2021 (accessed 10 January 2011) Google Scholar Sabin M (2003) Competence in Practice-Based Calculation: Issues for Nursing Education.Occasional paper number 3. Learning and Teaching Support Network, London. Available at: www.health.heacademy.ac.uk/publications/occasionalpaper/occasionalpaper03.pdf (accessed 10 January 2011) Google Scholar Smith J (2004) Building a safer NHS for Patients:Improving medication safety. Department of Health, London Google Scholar Wheeler DW, Remoundos DD, Whittlestone KD, et al. (2004) Doctors’ confusion over ratios and percentages in drug solutions: the case for standard labelling. J R Soc Med 97: 380–3 Crossref, Google Scholar Wheeler DW, Wheeler SJ, Ringrose TR (2007) Factors influencing doctors’ ability to calculate drug doses correctly. Int J Clin Pract 61(2): 189–94 Crossref, Google Scholar FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails 1 February 2011Volume 9Issue 2ISSN (print): 1479-9189ISSN (online): 2052-2924 Metrics History Published online 16 August 2013 Published in print 1 February 2011 Information© MA Healthcare LimitedPDF download