eDose

Inaccurate dosage calculations too frequently jeopardize patient safety. Each year, patients are needlessly harmed by medication errors. For many dealing with the mathematics of dosage calculation, simple practice is not enough. eDose provides an innovative, authentic, and proven approach to teaching and assessing drug dosage calculation skills that’s easy to use.

eDose for Nursing Students
Although nursing students must demonstrate proficiency of dosage calculations prior to graduation, every year up to 30% of nursing students fail to progress in their studies because they are unable to pass mandatory dosage calculation exams. Students score up to 27% higher on their drug dosage calculation assessments when using eDose as opposed to traditional techniques.*

eDose for Hospitals
eDose provides a quick and easy-to-use solution for assessment of dosage calculation competency in the hospital workforce. eDose provides early identification during the recruitment and orientation process as well as providing ongoing competency assessment for healthcare practitioners.

eDose is fully narrated and uses realistic representations of clinical practice to provide
you with all the educational tools you need to:

• Master medication dosage calculation at the learner’s own pace
• Understand the basic principles related to medication orders, administration vehicles and conversions
• Establish a permanent understanding of the correct methodology for setting up the dosage problem to be solved
• Improve computation abilities for every means of drug administration
• Hone skills using randomized practice assessments that provide unlimited unique experiences
• Receive and record immediate assessment results
• Evaluate for competency based upon your institution’s standards
• Determine areas of learner deficiency and assign additional targeted assessments
• Allow learners to improve on their deficiencies using self-directed remediation

eDose consists of five modules that provide an integrated learning and assessment platform. A user-friendly interface makes accessing and using eDose simple for learners and educators to master and assess dosage calculation skill competency.

eDose is 100% web-based allowing you to log on from anywhere with an internet connection.

*Case Western Reserve University. Improving Medication Dosage Calculation Skills Among Undergraduate Nursing Student

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