Aims and objectives. The aim of this integrative literature review was to describe registered
nurses' medication competence. The objectives of the literature review were to chart the …

Three approaches to teaching and learning are introduced. Each approach has its relative
merits and disadvantages. Ideally, each approach should not be used in isolation. The use …

BACKGROUND: Improvements in the safety of the prescribing, dispensing and
administration of medicines are identified as a priority across international healthcare …

Background Nurses experience insufficient medication knowledge; particularly in drug dose
calculations, but also in drug management and pharmacology. The weak knowledge could …

Background. Pharmacology education in nursing has become increasingly important as
nurses' roles in administering, prescribing and educating patients about their medications …

AIM: This study explores the effectiveness of an educational intervention on nurses'
knowledge regarding the administration of high-alert medications. BACKGROUND: Nurses' …

Background Medication errors are often involved in reported adverse events. Drug therapy,
prescribed by physicians, is mostly carried out by nurses, who are expected to master all …

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate graduating students' pharmacological knowledge and calculation
skills and describe their self-rated readiness to safe medication care in practice on two nurse …

This paper explores clinical nurses' perceptions and experiences of graduate nurses'
pharmacology knowledge. Six focus group interviews were conducted with clinical nurses of …

Purposes and objectives. The purposes of this study were to investigate the
pharmacological skills of Finnish nurses and graduating nursing students, to determine how …