The study
Aim
The aim of the study was to examine the relations of age,
status, experience and drug calculation ability to numerical
ability of nursing students and Registered Nurses.
Additional objectives were to correlate the relations of age,
status, experience and drug calculation ability to numerical
ability of nursing students and those of Registered Nurses
attending a non-medical prescribing programme.
Design
A correlational cross-sectional design was used and the data
were collected in 2006.