BACKGROUND: Basic numeracy skills are necessary before patients can understand the risks of medical treatments. Previous research has used objective measures, similar to mathematics tests, to evaluate...
BACKGROUND: In a companion article, the authors describe the Subjective Numeracy Scale (SNS), a self-assessment of numerical aptitude and preferences for numbers that correlates strongly with objectiv...
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC, 2003) removed standard entry criteria for nursing programmes and asked Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to consider the literacy and numeracy skills of pros...
PURPOSE: Diabetes self-management education is an important component of comprehensive diabetes care. Patients with low health literacy and numeracy may have difficulty translating information from tr...
This article describes how to solve some of the more frequently encountered mathematical problems experienced in clinical practice. It covers equations, dosage calculations, and ratios and percentages...