NURS 100 — Dosage Calculation
This cours e is required for pre -nursing students to acquire the mathematical skills and knowledge used by nurses in the clinical setting. Students must have strong basic math skills (knowledge of decimals, fractions, metric system, conversions between systems of mea surement, ratio -proportion, and ability to do basic algebraic equations) required for medication administration. Emphasis is placed on the safety and accuracy required for medication administration. This course will include clinically -based problems that provide students with practice and mastery of clinical calculations. Students taking the on-line version of this course must be able to work independently. Prerequisite(s): none Corequisite(s): MATH-112 (or higher)