Professional Skills II: Pharmacy Calculations Credits: 2

Catalog description

This course provides instruction in performing and applying the necessary calculations involved in pharmacy practice and the dispensing, manufacturing and preparation of dosage forms. Topics covered include but are not limited to: fundamentals of pharmaceutical calculations, exponents, ratios, percentages, proportions and fractions); International System of Units; pharmaceutical measurements; interpretations of medication orders and prescriptions; density, specific gravity and specific volume; patient specific parameters involved in dosing (surface area, weight and age); isotonicity and buffer solutions; milliequivalents, millimoles and milliosmoles; dilution, concentration and allegation; and reduction/enlargement of formulas. Students must have an understanding of mathematical principles to include algebra and calculus.