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Numeracy In The Workplace: The Case Of Nursing And Implications For Language Assistance, Barbara A. Giorgio, Mohan Chinnappan

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Nursing is a relatively recent arrival in the university sector and as such, represents the increasing diversification of knowledge as traditionally vocational disciplines become academic. The problem of standards in a field like nursing is compounded by several factors including literacy and numeracy. There seems to be a consequent misalignment between the demands of the workplace and levels of preparedness. The issues of literacy are particularly critical in the healthcare environment in which life and death issues abound. The most widely documented consequence of a lack of nursing competence is in drug administration errors. While nurse educators carry the major …