Calculations for new prescribers
Meriel Hutton Senior Associate Dean (Nursing and Midwifery), School of Health, University of Wolverhampton
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.
Primary Health Care.
15, 1, 44-50.
doi: 10.7748/phc2005.02.15.1.44.c571
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