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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2017.8.3.123

Convergence Study on Ability and Accuracy in Drug Dose Calculations of Nursing Students  

Jung, In-Sook (Department of Nursing, Chodang University)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.8, no.3, 2017 , pp. 123-131 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study is to find the weaknesses in drug dose calculations of nursing students by analyzing their general characteristics, confidence(C), performances in classes(PC) and exam sheets of drug dose calculations. The data were analyzed using SPSS 19.0. There was no significant difference between male and female students in simple calculation ability(SCA), but male students' mean scores were higher in applied calculation ability(ACA) and accuracy on calculation(AC). There were no significant differences in calculation abilities according to high school departments. And students were weak in questions which are needed ACA. The explanation rate of C on PC and PC on AC were 4.2% and 3.2% respectively, so there were weak positive effects from C to PC, and PC to AC. This study suggests that there is a need to develop and implement an intervention program according to students' abilities to increase AC, C, and PC by studying math on an ongoing basis. This study needs to be cautious in generalizing, because the data set was limited to nursing students from one university.
Keywords
Convergence; Simple calculation ability; Applied calculation ability; Accuracy on calculation; Confidence; Performance in class;
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