OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY

CABANATUAN CAMPUS
COLLEGE OF NURSING
S.Y. 2022-2023

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COURSE TASK 7 ASSIGNMENT

NURSING RESEARCH 1: MAKE A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND ESTABLISH
THE RELATED LITERATURE

GROUP 2 MEMBERS
Demery, Lewis
Fernandez, Ranlen
Gonzales, Winona Juliene
Pineda, Roselyn Mae
Simbillo, Fobie Kate

1. Make a theoretical framework using the format below.

“The Impact of Self-Efficacy on Medication Calculation

Accuracy and Autonomy”
2.1 Theoretical Framework
This paper includes an exploratory evaluation of the literature on medication skills for undergraduate
student nurses. The aim of this was to assess learning strategies that focused on enhancing students'
comprehension of mathematical calculations, and conceptualization of medication formulas
and doses.
Zahara-Such (2013), explained that one of the main medical causes of death among patients is
medication mistakes. As a result, the fundamental goal of the nursing education curriculum is
accurate medication delivery. Nursing curricula need to adapt their approach to teaching math
calculation abilities connected to drugs since nursing students find it challenging to learn these skills.
Evidence-based curriculum changes can help nursing students think critically and understand issues
with medication dosing. An evaluation of the available research revealed useful nursing education
techniques that raise the precision of computations linked to drug administration by student nurses.
Math calculation skills for medication administration must be taught to nursing students frequently
and early in the curriculum. These abilities can be efficiently taught with enough experience in
simulative, realistic environments. The literature supports four instructional strategies: (a) math skills
must be taught early and frequently throughout the nursing curriculum; (b) simulation with real,
practical problem-solving provides the best learning outcomes; (c) accurate ways to assess math
competency must be developed; and (d) improving math calculation skills can increase nursing
students' confidence.
In clinical practice, the registered nurse needs to be able to calculate dosages accurately and
administer medications safely. A student nurse's ability to become a safe practitioner in the workplace
depends on their educational preparation, as stated by Coyne, Needham, & Rands, (2013). To increase
the accuracy of students' medication calculations, specifically their grasp of the proper formula to
employ and their ability to recognize calculation errors, there has to be a review of the research on
various ways of teaching and assessing medication calculation with student nurses.

2. Choose a theory from the nursing theorist applicable to your study. Attached in week 8 is
the sample nursing theory book in a PDF file for your reference. It is highly recommended
to look for a local nursing theory book such as TFN by Udan or TFN by Octaviano for
Filipino nursing theorists available for your reference.

3. Use the Harvard style and do not forget to cite the authors when applying a cross reference
literature and alternate the use of explicit and implicit cross-references when doing your
related literature.

4. Take note to use the appropriate format to use when having multiple authors.

5. Look at your variables, look for 5 journals for each variable, and make sure to use Zotero
to organize your related literature.

Impact of Self-
Efficacy
Medication
Calculation
Accuracy and
Autonomy

2.1 Literature Review

2.1.1 Self-Efficacy
2.1.2 Medication Calculation
2.1.3 Accuracy and Autonomy

6. Discuss each variable in your study and include it in your literature review. Look for at
least 5 literature for each variable. Please see the sample below.
 2.1 Literature Review
2.1.1 Self-Efficacy
Self-efficacy as referring to self-perceptions or beliefs of capability to learn or perform tasks at
designated levels by Bandura (1997). The other authors have attempted to define self-efficacy,
but they all paraphrase to refer to Bandura's definition. McCombs (2001) cites Bandura (1991),
explaining self-efficacy judgments in reference to the learner's judgment of his or her competency
for successful task completion. Schunk (2001) acknowledged that self-efficacy is a construct in
Bandura's theory of human functioning and defined it as — beliefs about one's capabilities to
learn or perform behaviors at designated levels. Quote another of Bandura's (1986) definitions
that self-efficacy refers to —people's judgments of their capabilities to organize and execute
courses of action required to attain designated types of performances (Pintrich & Schunk, 1996).
According to Huang and Shanmao (1996) self-efficacy expectations as — the beliefs about one's
ability to perform a given task or behavior successfully.
2.1.2 Medication Calculation
According to Rainboth and DeMasi (2006) and Wright (2007) Effective mathematical skills are
vital for medication calculations. In order for student nurses to develop accurate safe
administration of medications, strategies aimed at improving dosage calculations need to be
implemented (Wright, 2007). ( Sung et al., 2008) acknowledge The ability to calculate and
understand the administration of medications underpins the safe practice for RNs. The RN must
not only understand all aspects of medication administration they must, more specifically ensure
correct medication calculations and dosage for the safety of patients (Andrew et al., 2009).
(Kapborg and Rosander, 2001) Stated that Mathematical skills are imperative for nurses in
calculating medication dosages, liquid solutions, and strengths, as well as intake and output
computations.
2.1.3 Accuracy and Autonomy

References:
1. Zahara-Such, R. M. (2013). Improving Medication Calculations of Nursing Students through

Simulation: An Integrative Review. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 9(9), e379–e383.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2012.08.003

Coyne, E., Needham, J., & Rands, H. (2013). Enhancing student nurses’ medication calculation

knowledge; integrating theoretical knowledge into practice. Nurse Education Today, 33(9), 1014–

1019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2012.04.006
2.1.1 Lu, T., Sanitah, M. Y., & Huang, Y. (2022). Role of Self-Efficacy and Resistance to Innovation on

the Demotivation and Insufficient Learning Capabilities of Preservice English Normal Students in

China. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 923466. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.923466

2.1.2 Stolic, S. (2014). Educational strategies aimed at improving student nurse’s medication

calculation skills: A review of the research literature. Nurse Education in Practice, 14(5), 491–

503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2014.05.010