According to nursing studies, nurses have inadequate MDC skills, and this is a global concern for the nursing profession. Newly registered nurses are expected to be proficient in implementing safe pharmacotherapy immediately after graduation. Īccording to Karlstedt, Wadensten, Fagerberg, and Pöder, nursing education does not provide sufficient competence in this field. Medical errors are expected to cost at least 20 billion dollars in the United States and in Sweden around SEK 8 billion per year. Aside from the ethical issues, MDC errors can result in higher healthcare expenses. These errors can have a variety of consequences for patients, ranging from loss of a medication’s beneficial effects to death. Many of the errors are avoidable and constitute a significant risk to patient safety. MDC mistakes are also one of the most common complications in modern medicine. More than half of nursing students around the world fail numeracy and medication dose calculation (MDC) assessments, indicating the global nature of this issue. Several studies emphasized the difficulties nursing students face when calculating medication doses. Patient safety is a major component of nursing and following patients’ medication orders is one of the most important things nurses do. The present review concludes by mapping the current knowledge gaps and making suggestions for further research. However, such courses had limited impacts the development of these skills. Interestingly, web-based courses were the most commonly used digital technologies aimed at developing nursing students’ MDC skills. The results show that use of digital technologies can reduce nursing students’ medication errors.
Starting from 2843 sources, eighteen research articles met the inclusion criteria.
Research papers on MDC using digital technologies were considered for inclusion. MethodsĪ systematic literature review was performed within Scopus (Elsevier), Academic Search Elite (Ebsco), Cinahl (Ebsco), ERIC (Ebsco), Web of Science and PubMed. The present review aims to identify and critically evaluate research investigating how the use of digital technologies informs the development of nursing students’ MDC skills. Research suggests that digital technologies play an increasingly important role in promoting nursing students’ knowledge and medication dosage calculation (MDC) skills. It is therefore important to strengthen nursing students’ numeracy skills and conceptual abilities during their education. Patient safety is a major part of nursing care and following patients’ medication orders is considered one of the greatest responsibilities of individual nurses and nursing Failure to make safe drug calculations poses serious risks to patient safety.
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