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| Inactive Course |
| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
PHARM 100 | Title:
SKILLS FOR ADMIN OF MEDS |
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| 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 | 2.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 35.00 |
| Minimum | 2.00 | Lab Scheduled | 1.00 | 5 min. | Lab Scheduled | 17.50 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 70.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 122.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade Only
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
PHARM 374
Catalog Description:
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Instruction in advanced arithmetic skills designed for Health Science students. Prepares students for success in medication administration through advanced skills development of operations with fractions, decimals and percents. Teaches students to methods of conversion between metric, household, and apothecary systems, using proportion. Introduces and develops advanced skills in calculating drug dosages in preparation for safe administration of medications in the health field.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Completion of CSKLS 371; OR CSKLS 368B or higher; OR Qualifying Test Score in Math
Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Instruction in advanced arithmetic skills designed for Health Science students. Prepares students for success in medication administration through advanced skills development of operations with fractions, decimals and percents. Teaches students to methods of conversion between metric, household, and apothecary systems, using proportion. Introduces and develops advanced skills in calculating drug dosages in preparation for safe administration of medications in the health field.
(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:Completion of CSKLS 371; OR CSKLS 368B or higher; OR Qualifying Test Score in Math
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Not Certificate/Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. Compute advanced operations in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.
2. Solve complex word problems involving multiple operations.
3. Convert metric, household, and apothecary formulas.
4. Use various methods to solve basic pharmacology problems.
5. Calculate drug dosages for oral and parenteral administration.
6. Identify medication errors in case studies or situational word problems and respond with an appropriate solution.
Topics and Scope
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1. Advanced skills development of operations
a. Addition
b. Subtraction
c. Multiplication
d. Division of
1) Whole numbers
2) Fractions
3) Decimals
4) Measurements
2. Conversions as applied to Health Sciences
a. Fractions
b. Decimals
c. Percents
d. Metric
e. Household
f. Apothecary
3. Health science problems using various methods
a. Ratio-proportion
b. Equations
c. Formulas
d. Dimensional analysis
4. Measurement systems and their application in basic pharmacology
problems and conversions within and between systems
a. Household
b. Metric
c. Apothecary
5. Simple and complex drug dosage calculations for safe administration
a. Oral
b. Parenteral
c. Pediatric--weight and body surface area
6. Standard abbreviations and conventions of drugs
a. Labels
b. Orders
c. Records
d. Reconstitution of powdered drugs
7. Typical errors involving dosage calculations
a. Computational errors
b. Dosage errors
c. Safety assessment errors
d. Errors in selection of devices used to administer medication
8. Lab: Practical demonstrations of lecture concepts
Assignments:
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1. Approximately 13 to 20 homework reading and calculation assignments
2. 10-16 quizzes and 1-3 exams
3. Lab: Computer-assisted exercises and hands-on measurement and calculation assignments
4. 6-10 written responses to case studies and situational word problems containing medication errors
5. 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 - 5% |
| Written response to case studies | |
| This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because problem solving assessments and skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course. |
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| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
5 - 10% |
| Homework and lab problems; case studies | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
5 - 10% |
| Hands-on lab assignments | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
75 - 85% |
| Quizzes, exams, final exam | |
| 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:
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Skills for Medical Administration. 3rd edition. Booth, Kathryn; Whaley, James. McGrawHill. 2010.
Medical Dosage Calculations, 10th edition. Olsen, June; Giangrasso, Anthony Patric; Shrimpton, Dolores; Dillon, Patricia. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2010
Instructor prepared materials.
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