Safe pharmacotherapy and medical calculationLaajuus (2 cr)
Code: PHA1002N24S
Credits
2 op
Teaching language
- English
Objective
Students
• understand pharmacotherapy as part of patient safety and are familiar with the procedure for reporting pharmacotherapy-related risks and adverse incidents
• understand the responsibilities of student nurses and registered nurses in pharmacotherapy
• understand the principles of general pharmacology and pharmacy
• know how to look for and apply information on medication from drug databases
• know how to guide patients in pharmacotherapy and the interpretation of an electronic prescription
• can perform the medical calculations included in the course
Content
• the principles of safe pharmacotherapy
• the governing legislation for pharmacotherapy
• pharmacotherapy plan
• routes and forms of the administration of medicines
• pharmacology, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, toxicology
• pharmaceutical service
• drug databases and electronic prescriptions
• risk and incident reports
• responsibilities and obligations of a nursing student during the education
• medical calculation
Timing
19.08.2024 - 29.09.2024
Number of ECTS credits allocated
2 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Campus
Helsinki
Teaching languages
- English
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Health Care, Nursing
Teachers
- Hanna Dombret
- Paula Ropponen
Scheduling groups
- pienryhmä A (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
- pienryhmä B (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
Groups
-
HKI-S24nur
Small groups
- group A
- group B
Objective
Students
• understand pharmacotherapy as part of patient safety and are familiar with the procedure for reporting pharmacotherapy-related risks and adverse incidents
• understand the responsibilities of student nurses and registered nurses in pharmacotherapy
• understand the principles of general pharmacology and pharmacy
• know how to look for and apply information on medication from drug databases
• know how to guide patients in pharmacotherapy and the interpretation of an electronic prescription
• can perform the medical calculations included in the course
Content
• the principles of safe pharmacotherapy
• the governing legislation for pharmacotherapy
• pharmacotherapy plan
• routes and forms of the administration of medicines
• pharmacology, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, toxicology
• pharmaceutical service
• drug databases and electronic prescriptions
• risk and incident reports
• responsibilities and obligations of a nursing student during the education
• medical calculation
Evaluation scale
0-5