Data collection
In addition to obtaining demographic data, numerical and
drug calculation ability tests were given to participants
during one of their teaching sessions under controlled
conditions. The nursing students were all accessed halfway
through their second year, while the Registered Nurses were
accessed 2 months into their course during one of their days
attending university. Participants were told that during the
tests they were not allowed to communicate with each other
and that, as recommended by the UK Nursing and Midwifery