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Tablets and Capsules, Liquid Medicines, Injections and IV Infusions

YOUR FIRST STEPS TO DOSAGE CALCULATION COMPETENCE

Essential Skills is a highly interactive, visual and self-paced learning and assessment environment designed by experienced nurse educators and clinical pharmacists. It is designed to develop and assess the competencies required for building a solid foundation for safe medication dosage calculations.

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What you will learn

In this module, you will learn how to:

  • Conceptually understand drug dosage calculation problem-solving for doses prescribed in the form of tablets and capsules, oral liquid medicines, injections and IV infusions.
  • Interpret medication orders, medication product labels, prepared intravenous infusion labels, monographs and other important information, and accurately calculate prescribed drug dosages and rates of administration.
  • Demonstrate medication measurement skill by selecting an appropriate medication delivery vehicle and measurement of the correct dose volume or rate of administration of prescribed medications.

Problem Types & Formats by Area of Practice

The table below lists the various problem types and formats covered by this module and their availability by area of practice.

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  • Reflective account
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This program is endorsed by ACN according to our Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Endorsed Course Standards. It has been allocated 7 CPD hours per module according to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia – Continuing Professional Development Standard.

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