title: Student nurses' perceptions of how they learn drug calculation skills.
abstract: AIMS AND OUTCOMES: This study explored the area of learning styles in relation to drug calculations. Student nurses' perceptions of how they learn drug calculation skills were investigated in order to inform future teaching and learning strategies.
  
  
  METHODS
  A semi-structured questionnaire was given to 67 student nurses to explore their perceptions of teaching and learning strategies implemented during a 2nd year nursing module. The results were analysed using descriptive statistics and grounded theory.
  
  
  RESULTS
  From this analysis three main themes emerged; students being able to measure their skills and gain feedback about their progress; being able to learn in their 'own way' and being given opportunities for this to happen; and being focussed on the goal of being able to calculate drugs in the 'real world'. The implications of these findings are explored in relation to nurse education.
authors.affiliation: University of Greenwich, Avery Hill Campus, Avery Hill Road, Eltham, SE9 2UG, United Kingdom. k.wright@gre.ac.uk
authors.forename: Kerri
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D054796:Drug Dosage Calculations; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires