title: How to calculate drug dosage accurately: advice for nurses.
abstract: Nowhere is basic maths more important for nurses than when calculating drug doses. Simply having a GCSE in the subject does not seem to be good enough for the kind of mathematical calculations nurses need to be able to perform. However, following a few golden rules can simplify what at first appears to be a very complicated process.
authors.affiliation: Medicines Information and Formulary, Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haigh
mesh_terms: D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000451:nursing*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous / Q000451:nursing; D008433:Mathematics; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D010600:Pharmacology / Q000193:education; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic