Tackling number problems

Last Updated: 08/10/2024

Develop your maths skills with this step-by-step method to facing number challenges at work. Using the acronym ‘PEACE’, learn how to plan, estimate, approach, calculate and evaluate your answer.

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Medicine management

Who is this resource for?

This resource is aimed at nurses and nursing support workers across all settings and levels of practice, including students of health, social work and care professions.

What will this resource give me?

what situations require you to plan the administration of medicines
work out what a sensible answer may be
consider what your approach will be
important things to remember when making a calculation.

Resource last reviewed

12 Feb 2024

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Heather Randle

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Who is this resource for?

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This resource is aimed at nurses and nursing support workers across all settings and levels of practice, including students of health, social work and care professions.

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Last Updated: 08/10/2024