Wright, Kerri (2007) A written assessment is an invalid test of numeracy skills. British Journal of Nursing, 16 (13). pp. 828-831. ISSN 0966-0461

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Abstract

Nurses need good clinical numeracy skills to aid them in their clinical practice. There is some concern, however, that the calculation skills learned during pre-registration nurse education have little practical application to nurses. This article discusses the Fitness for Practice initiatives from the Nursing and Midwifery Council which aim to ensure new registrants are numerate. The article argues that written numeracy assessment tools are not a valid test of the numeracy skills candidates will require for clinical practice and that nurse education needs to focus on researching and examining how best to support, assess and develop the numeracy skills of nursing students within their clinical practice placements to ensure that at the point of registration they are fit for practice.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	numeracy skills, nurses
Pre-2014 Departments:	School of Health & Social Care School of Health & Social Care > Department of Acute & Continuing Care
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Last Modified:	14 Oct 2016 09:07
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/2618

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