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Master Drug Calculations

A step-by-step online course for nurses who want to improve accuracy, build confidence and ensure patient safety.

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Drug Calculations Mastery for Nurses

  1. Essential Numeracy Skills

    32 lessons
    1. Base Ten Number System
    2. Base ten Quiz
    3. Adding and Subtracing using Place Value
    4. Adding and Subtracting using Place Value Quiz
    5. Exchanging between Place Columns
    6. Exchanging between columns when adding and subtracting Quiz
    7. Adding and Subtracting Decimals
    8. Adding and subtracting decimals Quiz
    9. Multiplication using Partition of numbers
    10. Multiplication using partition Quiz
    11. Multiplication using abstract method
    12. Multiplication Abstract Method Quiz
    13. Division
    14. Division Quiz
    15. Long Division
    16. Long division quiz
    17. Communtativity
    18. Communtativity Quiz
    19. Ratio
    20. Ratio quiz
    21. Simplifying Ratio and Highest Common Factor
    22. Ratio Highest common factor quiz
    23. Rounding Decimals
    24. Rounding decimals quiz
    25. Fractions and Decimals
    26. Converting fractions into decimals quiz
    27. Converting between Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
    28. Converting between decimals, fractions and percentages quiz
    29. Metric Unit Conversion More Complex Versions
    30. Metric conversions Quiz
    31. End of Unit Quiz
    32. Foundations of numeracy end of module test
  2. Dosage Calculations

    23 lessons
    1. Basic Stock Dose Calculations
    2. Drug dosage : Basic drug dose calculations Quiz
    3. Basic Stock Dose with Unit Conversions
    4. Drug dosage – Basic stock dose with unit conversions Quiz
    5. Drug Concentration
    6. Drug dosage: Drug concentration Quiz
    7. Drug Strength Ratio
    8. Drug strength ratio quiz
    9. Drug Dosage - Tablets
    10. Drug dosage: Tablets Quiz
    11. Splitting Tablets
    12. Drug dosage : Tablet splitting Quiz
    13. Medication by Weight
    14. Drug dosage: Medication by weight Quiz
    15. Drug Dosage by Body Surface Area
    16. Body surface area quiz
    17. Drug Concentration
    18. Drug concentration quiz
    19. Blood
    20. Blood rates quiz
    21. Calculating Volumes for Injections
    22. Volume for injections quiz
    23. Drug dosage calculations – end of module test
  3. IV Module

    11 lessons
    1. Ampoules and Vials
    2. Intravenous calculations: Ampoules and vials Quiz
    3. Calculating Drip Rates
    4. Intravenous calculations Drip rates Quiz
    5. Drip Rates and Time
    6. Drip rates and time quiz
    7. Drip Rate Calculations - Harder Questions
    8. Drip rates - harder questions quiz
    9. Drip Rate : Blood
    10. Blood rates quiz
    11. Intraveneous Calculations : End of unit test
  4. Sample Drugs calculation test

    4 lessons
    1. Test A (taken from UK NHS trust past paper questions)
    2. Test B (taken from UK NHS trust past paper questions)
    3. Test C (suitable for US students)
    4. Test D (suitable for US students)