This course is designed for future health care professionals to acquire the skills and knowledge to safely determine correct dosages for medication administration in the clinical setting. Students must have basic math skills (knowledge of decimals, fractions, metric system, conversions between systems of measurement, and ability to do basic algebraic equations) required for safe medication administration. This course will include clinically based problems that provide students with practice dosage calculations that emphasize clinical judgment to effectively, accurately and safely calculate dosages of medications. It includes reading, interpreting, and solving calculation problems encountered in the preparation of medication. Dimensional analysis will be used for calculating dosages of oral, powdered and parenteral medications, pediatric and adult weight—based medication and intravenous medications to develop proficiency for accurately computing medication dosages for various methods of administration to patients across the lifespan.
- Teacher: Karen Balyeat
- Teacher: Trevor Ploe