title: Calculations for new prescribers.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health and Community Care, University of Central England, Birmingham. meriel.hutton@uce.ac.uk
authors.forename: Meriel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hutton
mesh_terms: 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