This is a hybrid course we meet on Thursdays.
This is designed as a refresher course to help prepare first year registered nursing students for the mathematics competency test taken in RNUR 1129. Topics include systems of measurement, use of formulas, dimensional analysis, solutions, and dosage calculations.
General Education Outcomes are the knowledge, skills, abilities, attitudes, and behaviors that students are expected to develop as a result of their overall experiences with any aspect of the college, including courses, programs, and student services, both inside and outside of the classroom. The General Education Outcomes specifically learned in this course are:
- Critical Thinking
Prerequisites: RNUR 1106 - Must be taken either prior or at the same time as this course. This is designed as a refresher course to help prepare first year registered nursing students for the mathematics competency test taken in RNUR 1129. Topics include systems of measurement, use of formulas, dimensional analysis, solutions, and dosage calculations.
Faculty Contact Information
By appointment
Dr. Jonathon P. Cohen
Course Information
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify symbols and interpret measures in the metric, apothecary and household systems.
- Convert between units of measurement within the same system.
- Convert units of measurement from one system to another.
- Calculate drug dosages using the dimensional analysis method.
- Calculate drug dosages using the formula method (D/H x Q = X).
- Calculate oral and parenteral doseforms, insulin, and pediatric dosage.
- Systems of measurement; Unit conversions
- Oral Dosage Calculations; Parenteral Dosage
- Reconstitution of solutions; Reconstitution of non-injectable solutions
- Pediatric & adult dosages based on body weight
- Intravenous solution calculations; Volume-Flow Rate calculations
Calculations of Drug Dosages, 12th ed. By Ogden, published by Elvevier
Grading Scale: The course will be graded on a straight scale (no curve). Grades are assigned based on the following percentages; 90-100% = A, 84-89% = B, 80-83% = C, and 0-79% = F.
Points: 3 Lecture Exams (50 pts each) 150
Homework (5 pts each) 20
Total = 170
Liberal Arts & Sciences
Dean, Jennifer Huggins; 815-802-8484; R310; jhuggins@kcc.edu; Division Office- W102; 815-802-8700
Participation: Completing the reading assignment, watching lecture videos, and being an active participant are crucial to your success in this course
Make-up policy:
Articles, Discussions, Homework, and Reading Quizzes: One article, homework, and reading quiz will be dropped in Canvas. Therefore, there are no make-up reading quizzes. Furthermore, due to the dropped assignments, no late articles, discussions, or homework will be accepted. All articles, discussions, homework, and reading quizzes will be opened at the beginning of the semester. The specific due dates can be found in Canvas.
Exams: You will have 3 days during which you can take the online, timed exam. The midterm will be 50 multiple choice questions and the final will be 100 multiple choice questions. Both the midterm and final exam will be worth 50 points total.
Week of Lecture Topic Homework Readings
Mon. 1 Rounding; Systems of Measurement; Unit conversions 1 Chapters 6 & 7
Mon. 2 Oral Dosage Calculations; Parenteral Dosage 2 Chapters 11-13
Mon. 3 EXAM 1
Mon. 4 Calculating Dosage in Problems with units and per Kg; 3 Chapter 14
Reconstitution of Solutions
Mon. 5 Pediatric & Adult Dosages Based on Body Weight 4 Chapter 18
Mon. 6 EXAM 2
Mon. 7 Intravenous Solution Calculations; Volume Flow Rate Calculations 5 Chapter 15
Mon. 8 FINAL EXAM
Syllabus Disclaimer
Course syllabus/calendar is subject to change.
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|Course syllabus/calendar is subject to change.