Striving for a good standard of maths for potential student nurses.

This article explores some of the issues surrounding numerical competence for potential pre-registration children’s nursing students, with examples of success and failure, at the University of Hertfordshire. With poor numerical ability causing concern in the UK, and the effect of low competence on p...

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Publicado en:British Journal of Nursing Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 32 - 37
Autores principales: Roberts, Sheila, Campbell, Anne
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Mark Allen Holdings Limited 1/12/2017
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          Mathematics Education
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          Dosage Calculation
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