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Improving the numeracy skills of nurse prescribers. Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987) [Nurs Stand] Journal article

 
Warburton P, Kahn P 
Improving the numeracy skills of nurse prescribers. [Journal Article]
Nurs Stand 2007 Mar 21-27; 21(28):40-3.


With the expansion of nurse prescribing to include the whole British National Formulary, it is essential that all prescribing nurses can accurately calculate and check medication doses. A more uniform approach to professional education for nurse prescribers is needed. This process would be assisted by dissemination of existing good practice and adjustments to the current national standards of assessment.



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