Course
Pharmacy Calculations
Name
PHM-3250F3
Available Classes
    Section Location Begin Date End Date Instructor Price Seats Available/Total Seats
293373 Online 06/03/2024 06/30/2024 P. Williams $70.00 25/25
Description Course Outline Requirements Intended Audience More Details
Intended Audience
Pharmacy Technicians and Healthcare professionals that need to do pharmaceutical/dosage calculations.
Description
This course provides an introduction to the metric, avoirdupois, and apothecary systems of measurement and the calculations used in pharmacy practice. Upon completion, you should be able to correctly perform calculations required to properly prepare a medication order.
Course Objectives
  1. be able to correctly perform calculations required to properly prepare a medication order.
Outline of Instruction
  1. Numeral Systems used in Pharmacy
  2. Rounding Decimals
  3. Ratio and Proportion/Dimensional Analysis
  4. Percents, Ratios to Percents, and Ratios to Decimals
  5. Interpreting Prescriptions and Converting Household and Metric Measurements
  6. Temperature Conversions
  7. Calculations for Day Supply
  8. Day Supply of Insulin
  9. Parenteral Doses Using Ratio and Proportion
  10. Dosage Calculations Based on Body Weight
  11. Allegations
Contact Hours
20
CEU's
No
Industry Standard, State, or National Certification
No
CE to CU Articulation
No
Prerequisites
n/a
Text and Supplies Needed
Powers, M. F., & Wakelin, J. B. (2016). Pharmacy Calculations (6th ed.). Englewood, CO: Morton Pub.
Clinical Site/Special Facilities
n/a
Requirements for Successful Completion of this Course
  1. Attendance 90% or above
  2. Participation
  3. o Course Workload: You will be expected to read text assignments and complete all assignments. You are expected to log in to all courses every day to Blackboard to review all announcements and assignments. You should check college email daily. It is suggested that you connect college email to your cell phone so that you receive timely information from your instructor(s).
    o Technical Skill Level Required: You should be able to use a computer and calculator. With the computer, you should be able to work with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Blackboard and Web Advisor and should be able to complete research on the Internet.
    o Open Communication statement: Open and honest dialogue, feedback, and active listening, flowing in all directions, is valued and encouraged.
Accreditation/Special Approval Requirements
n/a
Intended Audience
Pharmacy Technicians and Healthcare professionals that need to do pharmaceutical/dosage calculations.
Specific Industry or Business Support Needs
Pharmacy Technicians in pursuit of certification
Industry or Job Titles Related to training Outcomes for Employment
  • Pharmacy
  • Pharmacy Technicians
  • Medical Assisting
  • Nursing
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Course Contact Information
Samantha Bray
scbray@waketech.edu
919-532-5844