CON Medication Math Competency Requirements: Difference between revisions
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<td valign="top"> Content tested and taught in semesters 1, 2 and 3.</td> | <td valign="top"> Content tested and taught in semesters 1, 2 and 3.</td> | ||
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<li>Calculate infusion rates of a drug for a specific body weight per unit time (mcg/kg)</li> | <li>Calculate infusion rates of a drug for a specific body weight per unit time (mcg/kg)</li> | ||
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<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Each | <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Each competecy will be administered within the first two weeks of a student's scheduled patient care clinical in that semester. The number of questions and/or the method used on the math competency will be agreed upon through the cross-campus coordinators for the PCCC course for consistency acros divisions. This information will be included in the course syllabus. Questions will cover the content taught in previous courses/semester (For example: At the beginning of semester 2, the math competency will cover content assessed and learned in semester 1.)</li> | ||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Students do not pass the required math competency if they miss more than one question. Students are able to take the competency up to a total of five times during the semester. Students are required to complete remediation between competencies under the guidance of a faculty member. Students will be allowed to repeat the compentency when both student and faculty member are prepared to do so. Students will not pass medications in the clinical area until they have passed the competency. Students will also receive a Needs Improvement (NI) related to medications on the clinical evaluation tool until the student passes the competency if they are in a patient care setting where passing medications is an expectation. </li> | |||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Failure to pass the medication math competency exam after five attempts will result in failure of the clinical course, and competency must be demostrated no later than the midpoint of each semester's clinical experience invlving direct client care.</li> | |||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The Director of the Undergraduate Program and division assistant dean will be notified of any student not meeting the math competency requirements in any semester.</li> | <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The Director of the Undergraduate Program and division assistant dean will be notified of any student not meeting the math competency requirements in any semester.</li> | ||
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