Health Math

Course Information

Fall 2008

SECT	Start Time	End Time	DAY	Building	ROOM	INSTRUCTOR FULL NAME
1284A	9:00 AM	9:50 AM	M/W/F	SUW	266	HARRIS, LLOYD
1285A	4:00 PM	5:15 PM	T/R	SUW	268	Dykins, Courtney

To view some of these documents you need to have Adobe Reader installed on you computer.

It's free and easy, just go here:

Course Manager:

Lloyd Harris, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Office: SUW 275
Phone: (850) 769-1551 ext. 2867
email:lharris@gulfcoast.edu

Course Description:

MTB 0375: Health Math, 3 lecture hours and 3credit hours

Prerequisite: Math placement test

Health Math is a course designed for students completing a degree in a health related field. This course must be passed with a minimum grade of 'C' and is not intended to satisfy general education requirements in mathematics or to count toward required hours for graduation for an AA Degree.

Topics included are apothecary measurements, medication administration, understanding medication orders, calculating dosages using ration-proportion, calculations of oral and parenteral medications, insulin, pediatric dose calculations, I.V. calculations, and Heparin calculations.