Week 4

HS-POF-7 Formulate, calculate, and demonstrate proper drug doses to prepare medicine for dispensing for patient use. 

7.1 Identify and explain when math skills may be needed by pharmacy professionals. 

7.2 Describe four systems of measurement commonly used in pharmacy and convert units from one system to another. 

7.3 Demonstrate calculations, conversions, and proper articulation of fractions, decimals, and percentages in healthcare operations.

 7.4 Demonstrate conversions between Roman and Arabic numerals; US Standard time and military time (24 hour clock); Celsius and Fahrenheit. 

7.5 Calculate percentage of error and evaluate measurements using percentage of error. 

7.6 Identify ratios that express: a drug's therapeutic index, a solution's strength, and a solution's rate.

 7.7 Demonstrate computations with proportions including solving for an unknown term in a proportion and converting measurements units using proportions.

7.8 Compute correct dosages from doctor orders. 

7.9 Demonstrate the number of tablets/capsules/or volume of liquid necessary to deliver a prescribed dose. 

7.10 Reconstitute oral liquids for dispensing into amber bottles. 

7.11 Calculate parental drug dosages and flow rates when given a supply dosage and a drug order using ratio and proportion equations.

 7.12 Calculate the correct pediatric dosage based on weight recommendation using proportion and the Body Surface Area (BSA) method from the nomogram