PHRC 4101 - Pharmacy Calculations

1 Credit(s)

Pharmacy Calculations is the first course in the Pharmaceutics sequence and provides the foundational abilities required by a pharmacist for preparing, dispensing, or assuring the proper dosing/administration of medications. Students are introduced to the proper interpretation of prescription and are require to interpret problems related to patient situations that require analysis of drug and patient information and performing calculations to determine how to prepare medications, dose medications, dispense or administer medications. As a member of the healthcare team, pharmacists are expected to accurately perform calculations to achieve safe and effective therapeutic outcomes in a variety of pharmacy practice settings. Topics include Concentrations (percent, ratio strength), dosing (metric weights, volume, rates of IV administration, milliequivalents, milliosmoles, alligation, isotonicity, aliquots. Students are also introduced to nutritional calculations including daily value and nutritional content of IV fluids.

Restriction(s): Professional Year 1 status.