Opinto-opas

Osaamistavoitteet

Students
• understand the specificities of patient safety in pharmacotherapy in the care of older people
• know the principles of clinical pharmacology in pharmacotherapy of the most common diseases of older people and know how to apply the information in nursing.
• know the risk medications in the pharmacotherapy of older people
• can assess the pharmacotherapy of older people
• can offer guidance on pharmacotherapy and its self-monitoring to customers/patients and their families
• know how to use drug databases and apply the information in pharmacotherapy
• can perform the medical calculations included in the course

Sisältö

• safe pharmacotherapy of older people
• specificities of pharmacotherapy of older people
• the most common active ingredient groups and their areas of use, mechanisms of action and routes of administration for older people
• risk medications for older people
• pharmacotherapy guidance, committing to treatment
• medical calculations