Numeracy Skills for Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Clinical Skill Assessment: An Expository Analysis

Nursing & Healthcare International Journal Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI:10.23880/nhij-16000261

S. Ts

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Introduction: Nursing and mathematics are synonymous, particularly in clinical settings. Numeracy skills have been identified as one of the competency elements for outcome-based education in nursing. Studies have shown that undergraduate nursing students continue to perform poorly on clinically-related numeracy tasks, making errors that betray fundamental misconceptions about the underlying mathematics. These conditions can be eliminated when an effort is made and the effects can be rewarding for nursing students, nursing academics and as well as improving patient care. Aim: This study aimed to address the importance of numeracy skills for undergraduate nursing students’ clinical skill assessment. Method: This study used an expository analysis approach to address the issues of the importance of numeracy skills competency in the clinical skill assessment of undergraduate nursing students. We have analysed the current undergraduate nursing curriculum and clinical skill assessment components. Moreover, we also review the available literature related to numeracy skills competency for nursing students and newly registered nurses. Finding: Numeracy skills are one of the important elements of competencies skills that have been introduced to the current Malaysian undergraduate nursing programme. However, the achievement part of it is still questionable. Evidence has shown that new graduate nurses often lack the numeracy skills needed to enable them to do their jobs safely and effectively in the clinical setting. Among the errors done by the new graduate nurses and nursing students are drug calculation errors and which accounted for 30-40% in the clinical. Conclusion: Numeracy skills competency assessment is vital for undergraduate nursing students who have to make complex calculations and analyse the patient’s situation in their clinical setting. Improving numeracy skills for undergraduate nursing students can reduce medical errors and ultimately improve efficiency in the nursing care towards their patients.

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本科护生临床技能评估的计算能力分析

简介:护理和数学是同义词，特别是在临床设置。计算技能已被确定为护理结果为基础的教育能力要素之一。研究表明，本科护理学生在临床相关的计算任务中继续表现不佳，犯的错误暴露了对基础数学的基本误解。这些条件可以消除时作出的努力和效果可以奖励护理学生，护理学者，以及改善病人护理。目的:探讨计算技能在本科护生临床技能评估中的重要性。方法:本研究采用说明性分析方法，探讨计算技能能力在护理本科学生临床技能评估中的重要性。我们分析了当前本科护理课程和临床技能评估的组成部分。此外，我们也回顾了有关护理学生和新注册护士的计算技能能力的现有文献。发现:计算技能是能力技能的重要组成部分之一，已被引入到当前马来西亚本科护理课程。然而，它的成就部分仍然值得怀疑。有证据表明，新毕业的护士往往缺乏必要的计算技能，使他们能够在临床环境中安全有效地完成工作。在新毕业护士和护生所犯的错误中，药物计算错误占临床的30-40%。结论:护理本科学生在临床工作中需要进行复杂的计算和分析病人的情况，计算技能能力评估是至关重要的。提高本科护理学生的计算技能可以减少医疗事故，最终提高对患者的护理效率。

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