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Jun 25, 2024
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NURS 2004 - Dosage Calculation
This is an elective short courses for nursing students and pre-nursing students. RNs and allied health professionals may enroll. Provides the nursing and/or pre-nursing student the knowledge and skills required to safely calculate and prepare medications for accurate delivery of medications. Prepares the student to understand and apply formulas, calculations, and distribution for oral, topical, injectable, and intravenous medications with a focus on precision using math skills and safe practice.
Credit Hours: 2
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Apply nursing principles of safety in regards to accuracy of medication delivery within the safety standards incorporating the five rights of medication delivery.
- Develop knowledge of mathematics concerning medication dosage calculations through practice and assignments by the instructor.
- Expand documentation skills to accurately record medications calculated to reflect the sixth right related to safe documentation for nurses.
- Improve the ability of the student to make sound, independent judgments related to medication calculations and safe delivery of medications in any form.
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