The ability to calculate drug dosages correctly is an essential skill for registered nurses to possess. Performing drug calculations accurately is not a skill that new graduates have the luxury of developing over time. Drug errors are in many instances directly related to either the administration of an incorrect dose or incorrect infusion rate caused by calculation errors. A strategy for imple...

The ability to think critically, improve clinical systems, and decrease errors in clinical judgments are ever the vision of nursing practice. The author describes the thinking processes of nursing students as they make clinical judgments and the most important teaching/learning strategies that help develop their clinical judgment.

background: we studied the possible advantages of feed-forward control nursing model in the treatment of placenta previa. methods: we enrolled 60 pregnant women who were receiving treatment for expectant placenta previa between january 2010 and january 2016 and randomly divided them into the control group and the observation group with 30 cases in each group. in the control group, we offered sp...

Preventing adverse events and enhancing patient safety in health care are key objectives of nursing education. This integrative literature review critically appraises the content of patient safety in prelicensure nursing education, the teaching and learning methods used, and subsequent nursing student learning. The studies (N = 20) reviewed reveal that patient safety in nursing curricula was no...

Aim: The study aims to determine the level of proneness to malpractice among nursing and midwifery interns. Method: The sample of this descriptive and analytical study consisted of 120 intern students studying in their senior year in the nursing and midwifery department of a public university who volunteered to participate in the study. Data was collected using the Student Identification Form a...