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How Do You Get Across To Nursing Student That Math Is So Important To Know?

Written on 02/22/2010 – 8:48 pm | by nursing |

Math errors in nursing result in medication errors, as this is generally the only area in wich you use more than the most basic math (calculating dosages, medications based on body-mass-indexes, etc). Look up some of the legal implications of medication errors… prison sentences dues to negligence. Regardless of anything the doctor prescribed [...]

Why Is Math Important When Dealing With Pharmacology?

Written on 08/01/2009 – 8:45 pm | by nursing |

I’d have to bet you need math in order to find out how many pills of a certain medicine are required for a specific dose. And you need to know how much of a dose a certain person needs.

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