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Fall 2025 Lecture Lower Division
A didactic course which presents the basic skills that will be used in all nursing courses and in the overall curriculum. In addition, the course introduces medical math and terminology used in veterinary medicine. Students will complete exercises utilizing math concepts for dosage calculations, conversions, proper notation, dispensing medications, fluid therapy calculations, and percent solutions. Students will use medical terminology including prefixes, roots, and suffixes of medical terms to complete exercises. This knowledge will be utilized in didactic courses and labs as well as in clinical rotations. Students will learn normal temperature, pulse and respiration values for various species. There will be both in-class and study components.
Learning Outcomes1Utilize medical math to calculate drug dosages, dispense medications, fluid therapy rates, and percent solutions.
2Apply medical math concepts to perform conversions and use proper notation.
3Understand and utilize medical terminology in didactic classes, laboratories, and clinic rotations.
4Know normal temperature, pulse and respiration values for various species and report abnormalities.
5Apply diversity and inclusion skills as they apply in veterinary medicine.
6Discuss compassion fatigue and euthanasia in veterinary medicine.
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