Calculations for new prescribers.
Mistakes in calculation can lead to potentially dangerous prescribing errors. This article takes the nurse prescriber through some basic calculations and points out the possible pitfalls.
Hutton
Meriel
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Faculty of Health and Community Care, University of Central England, Birmingham. meriel.hutton@uce.ac.uk
D000004:Abbreviations as Topic; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000451:nursing* / Q000592:standards; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D006236:Handwriting; D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D008792:Metric System; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D012449:Safety