Use of dimensional analysis to reduce medication errors.

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Use of dimensional analysis to reduce medication errors.

March 15, 2006

Greenfield S; Whelan B; Cohn E.

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The investigators tested second-year nursing students on medication dosage calculation and found that those students who were taught using dimensional analysis, rather than traditional math, scored better on the test.

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