Instructor

Christina Sonnek 

Email

christina.sonnek@anokaramsey.edu   *best way to reach me!!

Office

Humanities 114 

Telephone

763-433-1214

Class Website

http://webs.anokaramsey.edu/sonnek

Campus Office Hrs

Mondays/Wednesdays 12:00-12:30; Fridays 12:00-1:00

Text

Medical Dosage Calculations  by Olsen

Content

Chapters 1-6, 9-12  notes: see Sections/Chapters Skipped  

Calculators

Calculators are allowed on the final exams and on quizzes

Assignments

Homework assignments will not be collected but are important for your learning; I highly recommend that you do them!  Click here to see the homework problems.

Quiz Deadlines

Quiz 2-5

Jan 26

10 pts

Quiz 6 & 9

Feb 2

10 pts

Quiz 10 & 11

10 pts

Quiz 12

10 pts

60 pts

60 pts

Final Exam Attempt #3

60 pts

Schedule with Testing Center

Note that these dates are the quiz/exam DEADLINES, you MUST take the quizzes/exams by the date shown.  You can however take any quiz/exam as early as you would like (so you can be done with this course as soon as you have learned the material).  The answers to the online quizzes will be posted after the deadline.

Quizzes will be taken online using the Desire 2 Learn website (see "Using D2L" below).  Each quiz is worth 10 points.  If you fail a quiz you may retake the quiz.  You are allowed one retake for each of the four quizzes.

The final exam(s) will be taken in person at Anoka Ramsey Community College – either Coon Rapids or Cambridge campuses (if you are not within an acceptable distance from an ARCC campus, please contact me for further instructions). 

You are NOT allowed to use the conversion sheet for the final exam, you will need to have the conversions memorized.

You are allowed three attempts on the final exam, your grade will be based on the average score of the final exams you choose to take.  So if, for example, you take the first attempt at the final exam and earn a 95% and you decide that this is a high enough score for you then you can choose not to take the second and third attempts and your final exam score will be 95%.  If however, you earn 75% on your first attempt at the final exam and want to aim for a higher score you could choose to take the second attempt at the final exam.  Say you earn 86% on your second attempt, then your final exam score would be 80.5% (since the average of 75% and 86% is 80.5%).  If you decide that 80.5% is a high enough score for you then you could choose NOT to take the third attempt.  However, if you still want to aim for a higher score then you could choose to take the third attempt.  Say you earn 92% on your third attempt then your final exam score would be 84.3% (since the average of 75%, 86%, and 92% is 84.3%)

ARCC Nursing Students

Students must achieve 90% correct or higher on one of the three final exam attempts in order to enter the Nursing Program. (Note: your AVERAGE score does NOT need to be 90% or higher, you just need ONE of the exam attempts to be 90% or higher for the nursing program.)

Grading

90-100%

A

80-89%

B

70-79%

C

60-69%

D

below 60%

F

Rounding

Rounding answers up or down depends on the medication.  Refer to a hospitals policies manual.  In this class all answer will be rounded to the nearest 100th

Using Desire 2 Learn (D2L) 

You will be using D2L for taking and submitting quizzes, and to check your grade.  You should login to D2L right NOW (to make sure that your account is activated and that you know how to login).  Click here to watch a video on logging in.

To login to D2L

1.  Go to https://anokaramsey.ims.mnscu.edu/ (you can also get to this website from the Anoka Ramsey Community College homepage by clicking "D2L Login" under the "Online Courses & Programs" heading.

2. Enter your username.  Your username is your Anoka Ramsey Student Tech ID number (usually begins with 00).

2. Enter your password.  Your initial password is one of the three following

   *Birthdate in YYMMDD format

   *The last six digits of your social security number

   *The default password may be blank (i.e. no password)

After you have successfully logged in the first time, you can change your password if you'd like.

After logging in

In the middle of the page (you may need to scroll down) you will see a section labeled "Spring 2009".  If there is a + to the left of "Spring 2009" you must click on the +.  If there is a - to the left of "Spring 2009", do NOT click the -

Directly beneath "Spring 2009" should be "Mathematics".  If there is a + to the left of "Mathematics" click on the +.  If there is a - to the left of "Mathematics" do NOT click the -

Underneath "Mathematics" should be "MATH_0110_30 Math for Health Sciences *Sonnek".  This is our class homepage.  Click on "MATH_0110_30 Math for Health Sciences *Sonnek"

To check your grade click on “Grades”, click here for a video demonstration.

To take a quiz in D2L follow these steps or click here to watch a video:

1.      Click on “Quizzes”

2.      Click on the quiz you would like to take.

3.      Click “Start Quiz”

4.      Answer the questions, making sure you save your questions as you go.

5.      When you are done, click “Go To Submit Quiz”

6.      Click “Submit Quiz”

7.      Click “OK” 

Pass/No Credit

If you wish to take this course on a pass/no credit basis, you must inform me in writing by the end of the first week.  Passing is 70% or better.  Be sure to check with your counselor first.

Incomplete

No incomplete will be considered unless you are earning a C or above, have completed more than half the course, and have missed class because of extreme circumstances.

Drop/Withdraw

The last day to withdraw from this course is 4/23.  See Student Handbook for more details.

Accommodations for Students with Special Needs

Anoka Ramsey Community College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender sexual orientation, religion, age or disability in employment or in the provision of our services.  Within the first week of class, students with special needs that require accommodations should contact the Director of Access Services to discuss possible support services.

Learner Outcomes

1. Solve for one unknown by setting up and solving equations

    using the dimensional analysis method.
2. State equivalencies between and within Household and Metric
    Systems of measurement.
3. Interpret drug administration abbreviations that come from

    doctors' orders.
4. Use dimensional analysis to solve situational problems of drug
    administration, including Oral Doses, Injections, drugs 

    measured in Units, IV flow rates and Pediatric dosages.