| 1/15/2025 4:55:34 AM |
| Changed Course |
| CATALOG INFORMATION
|
| Discipline and Nbr:
CSKL 374 | Title:
SKILLS FOR MED ADMIN |
|
| Full Title:
Skills for Medication Administration |
| Last Reviewed:4/8/2013 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 2.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.50 | 8 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 28.00 |
| Minimum | 2.00 | Lab Scheduled | 1.50 | 3 min. | Lab Scheduled | 12.00 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 5.00 | | Contact Total | 40.00 |
| |
| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 56.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 96.00 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Non-Applicable
Grading:
Grade Only
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
CSKL 373B
Catalog Description:
Untitled document
Instruction in advanced arithmetic skills designed for pre-Health Science students planning to enter selected programs offered by Santa Rosa Junior College. Prepares students for success through advanced skills development of operations with fractions, decimals and percents. A study of the metric, household and apothecary systems and learning of the ratio/proportion, equation and formula methods of converting. Introduces and develops advanced skills in calculating drug dosages in preparation for safe administration of medications in the health field.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Completion of CSKL 373A or CSKL 371 (formerly ACS 371) if APS math computational test score is below 35.
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
Untitled document
Instruction in calculating drug dosages utilizing metric, household and apothecary systems. Designed for pre-Health Science students planning to enter selected programs offered by SRJC.
(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Completion of CSKL 373A or CSKL 371 (formerly ACS 371) if APS math computational test score is below 35.
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
| Associate Degree: | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
| Area: | | |
| |
| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| |
| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| |
| CSU Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
| |
| UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
| |
| C-ID: |
Certificate/Major Applicable:
Not Certificate/Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
Untitled document
By the end of the course, the student will be able to:
* compute advanced operations
* demonstrate ability to convert metric, household and
apothecary formulas
* use various methods to solve basic pharmacology problems
* calculate drug dosages for oral and parenteral administration
The students will:
1. Develop advanced computational skills in addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division of whole numbers, fractions and
decimals; calculate complex word problems involving multiple
operations.
2. Demonstrate ability to convert metric, household and apothecary
formulas; use various methods to solve basic pharmacology
problems.
3. Calculate drug dosages for oral and parenteral administration.
Topics and Scope
Untitled document
1. Advanced skills development of:
a. Operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and
division of whole numbers, fractions and decimals.
b. Conversions of fractions, decimals, and percents as applied
to Health Sciences.
2. Solving health science problems using ratio-proportion, equations,
formula and dimensional analysis methods.
3. Metric, household and apothecary systems and their use in solving
basic pharmacology problems, conversions within and between
systems.
4. Practice simple and complex drug dosage calculations for oral
and parenteral administration.
Assignments:
Untitled document
1. Approximately 13 to 20 homework assignments.
2. Two mid-term exams.
3. Computer-assisted learning and other lab assignments.
4. Comprehensive final exam.
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
5 - 10% |
| Homework problems | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
5 - 10% |
| LAB ASSIGNMENTS | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
75 - 85% |
| MID-TERM AND FINAL EXAMS. | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
5 - 5% |
| LECTURE AND LAB PARTICIPATION. | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
Untitled document
MED-MATH, Grace Henke, J.B. Lippincott, 2nd edition, 1995
CLINICAL CALCULATIONS, Joyce Kee and Sally Marshall, W.B. Saunders,
3rd edition, 1996
MATH FOR MEDS, Anna Curren and Laurie Munday, Wallcur, 7th edition,
1995
CALCULATE WITH CONFIDENCE, Deborah C. Cray, Mosby, 1994.
Print PDF