Enhancing medication safety teaching through remediation and reflection

Medication dosage calculation competencies has been a mandatory rite of passage through nursing school as well as practice. It is difficult to argue the importance of examining this competency in nurses who are most often the professional administering the medications and serve with the patient and family as the last chance for error prevention. Despite the enormity of the safety implications surrounding medication dosing and administration there is little evidence to guide us in best practices for teaching.