Essential Nursing Skills for Dosage Calculation
Essential Nursing Skills for Dosage Calculation
The Main Learning Objectives
To recognize the importance of body weight in calculating doses for patients
To specify the metric system used to weigh neonates, infants, and adults and to calculate the doses for each age group
To explain how to Convert lbs to kg
To discuss the information that is typically presented on drug labels
To determine doses for adults and children based on information present on a drug label
To calculate the lowest therapeutic dose and the highest safe range of medication based on the pediatric dosage mentioned on the label
To perform calculations of doses for pediatric oral liquid medications based on the dosage mentioned on the label and compare them with the orders prescribed
To recognize IV Tubing: Primary Line, Secondary Line and Piggy Back
To define Gtt & to interpret intravenous (IV) fluid rate and volume orders
To review the differences between primary and secondary intravenous (IV) lines
To explain how IV tubing size affects the amount of volume that can be delivered to a patient
To explain the dosage Calculation: Ratio and Proportion
To analyze the method to calculate an unknown variable by solving the given proportion
To calculate the dose of the prescribed medication in tablets by solving the proportion
To calculate the dose of the liquid medication in milliliters by solving the proportion
Methods of Education to Achieve the Objectives
Every video has specific objectives to be achieved
Initially , participant will have pre-test as a part of assessment steps
Participant will watch videos accompanied by images, pdf files , figures or diagrams. At the end , participant must pass post-test to get certification of completion. Participant must follow the learning path in the platform
Evaluation of Scientific Activity by the Participants
By evaluation form after completing course , it will be send to participants. It is an important to know that it will be mandatory to get certification
Speaker
Dr. Rhonda Lawes
PhD, RN, Nursing Education Leader, PhD in Educational Psychology from Oklahoma State University
Course Policy
This course will be valid for 6 months after subscription date
The subscription will not be refundable for any reason
The course content was reviewed by scientific committee
There is no CME Hours for this kind of teaching content
The course content was designed for pre graduate and recent graduate
