Pharmacotherapy and drug calculations in elder care (2cr)
Course unit code: LÄÄ0302A20S
General information
- Credits
- 2 cr
- Teaching language
- Finnish
Objective
Students
- understand the characteristics of patient safety in pharmacotherapy within elder care
- understand the basics of clinical pharmacology in pharmacotherapy of the most common diseases of the elderly and know how to apply the information in nursing
- know how to guide pharmacotherapy and its self-monitoring to patients and their immediate circle
- know how to use drug databases and apply the information in pharmacotherapy
- know how to execute the various forms of drug calculations without errors and understand the significance of the operations in nursing
Content
- patient safety
- characteristics of pharmacotherapy
- drug and medication safety
- the most common drug ingredient groups and their areas of use, modes of action and routes of administration
- therapeutic effects of medicines, side and joint effects and mechanisms of combined action
- self-medication
- pharmacotherapy guidance, committing and engaging to treatment
- applications of drug mathematics
Qualifications
Turvallinen lääkehoito ja -laskenta (LÄÄ01) tulee olla suoritettuna.
Further information
AHOT 5/2021:
Lääkehoidon teoriaosa voidaan ahotoida, jos opiskelijalla on aikaisempi sh-tutkinto tai vastaavilla sh-tutkintoon johtavilla korkeakouluopinnoilla. Lääkelaskujen osaaminen tulee osoittaa suorittamalla lääkelaskujen tentti hyväksytysti.
LÄÄ03 lääkelaskujen ja lääkehoidon opintojen tulee olla suoritettuna ennen HAR4 -harjoittelua.