Pharmacotherapy and drug calculations in elder care LÄÄ0302A20S

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Enrollment

01.03.2024 - 18.03.2024

Timing

30.09.2024 - 27.10.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

50 % Contact teaching, 50 % Distance learning

Campus

Oulu

Teaching languages

Finnish

Seats

0 - 100

Degree programmes

BA in Health Care

Teachers

Ulla Lahtela

Groups

OUL-S23sh
OUL-S23sh

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

Evaluation scale

0-5

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Enrollment

01.03.2024 - 18.03.2024

Timing

16.09.2024 - 13.10.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Helsinki

Teaching languages

Finnish

Seats

0 - 100

Degree programmes

BA in Health Care

Teachers

Eeva Kivelä
Linnea Jokinen

Groups

HKI-S23sh

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

Evaluation scale

0-5

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Enrollment

11.10.2023 - 29.10.2023

Timing

22.04.2024 - 12.05.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Helsinki

Teaching languages

Finnish

Seats

0 - 333

Degree programmes

BA in Health Care

Teachers

Eeva Kivelä
Linnea Jokinen

Groups

A54sh
A54sh

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

Evaluation scale

0-5

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Enrollment

11.10.2023 - 29.10.2023

Timing

12.02.2024 - 07.04.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

50 % Contact teaching, 50 % Distance learning

Campus

Oulu

Teaching languages

Finnish

Seats

0 - 100

Degree programmes

BA in Health Care
BA in Health Care, Diaconal Nursing

Teachers

Ulla Lahtela

Groups

OUL-S23sh-lh
OUL-S23sh-lh
I54shd
I54shd

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

Evaluation scale

0-5

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Enrollment

11.10.2023 - 29.10.2023

Timing

05.02.2024 - 10.03.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

50 % Contact teaching, 50 % Distance learning

Campus

Helsinki

Teaching languages

Finnish

Seats

0 - 333

Degree programmes

BA in Health Care, Public Health Care
BA in Health Care, Diaconal Nursing

Teachers

Eeva Kivelä
Linnea Jokinen

Groups

A54shd
A54shd
A54th
A54th

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

Evaluation scale

0-5

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Enrollment

01.03.2023 - 19.03.2023

Timing

27.11.2023 - 15.12.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

50 % Contact teaching, 50 % Distance learning

Campus

Helsinki

Teaching languages

Finnish

Degree programmes

BA in Health Care

Teachers

Eeva Kivelä
Linnea Jokinen

Groups

A54sh-lh

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

Evaluation scale

0-5

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Enrollment

01.03.2023 - 19.03.2023

Timing

13.11.2023 - 17.12.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

50 % Contact teaching, 50 % Distance learning

Campus

Pieksämäki

Teaching languages

Finnish

Seats

0 - 333

Degree programmes

BA in Health Care

Teachers

Tiina Takku

Groups

E53sh

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

Evaluation scale

0-5

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Enrollment

01.03.2023 - 19.03.2023

Timing

25.09.2023 - 13.10.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

50 % Contact teaching, 50 % Distance learning

Campus

Helsinki

Teaching languages

Finnish

Degree programmes

BA in Health Care

Teachers

Eeva Kivelä
Aino Maaria Kokkonen

Groups

A53sha

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

Evaluation scale

0-5

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Enrollment

01.03.2023 - 19.03.2023

Timing

18.09.2023 - 13.10.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Helsinki

Teaching languages

Finnish

Seats

0 - 333

Degree programmes

BA in Health Care

Teachers

Eeva Kivelä
Aino Maaria Kokkonen

Groups

A53sh

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

Evaluation scale

0-5

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Enrollment

01.03.2023 - 19.03.2023

Timing

11.09.2023 - 22.10.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

50 % Contact teaching, 50 % Distance learning

Campus

Oulu

Teaching languages

Finnish

Seats

0 - 333

Degree programmes

BA in Health Care

Teachers

Ulla Lahtela

Groups

I53sh

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

Evaluation scale

0-5

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Enrollment

01.03.2023 - 19.03.2023

Timing

11.09.2023 - 08.10.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

50 % Contact teaching, 50 % Distance learning

Campus

Pori

Teaching languages

Finnish

Seats

0 - 333

Degree programmes

BA in Health Care

Teachers

Sinikka Paukkunen

Groups

F53sh

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

Evaluation scale

0-5

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Enrollment

19.09.2022 - 09.10.2022

Timing

24.04.2023 - 12.05.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

50 % Contact teaching, 50 % Distance learning

Campus

Helsinki

Teaching languages

Finnish

Seats

0 - 333

Degree programmes

BA in Health Care

Teachers

Eeva Kivelä
Aino Maaria Kokkonen

Groups

A52sh

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

Evaluation scale

0-5

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Enrollment

19.09.2022 - 09.10.2022

Timing

13.02.2023 - 19.05.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

50 % Contact teaching, 50 % Distance learning

Campus

Oulu

Teaching languages

Finnish

Seats

0 - 100

Degree programmes

BA in Health Care, Diaconal Nursing

Teachers

Ulla Lahtela

Groups

I52shd

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

Evaluation scale

0-5

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Enrollment

19.09.2022 - 09.10.2022

Timing

06.02.2023 - 10.03.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Helsinki

Teaching languages

Finnish

Seats

0 - 333

Degree programmes

BA in Health Care, Public Health Care
BA in Health Care, Diaconal Nursing

Teachers

Eeva Kivelä
Aino Maaria Kokkonen

Groups

A52th
A52shd

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

Evaluation scale

0-5

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Enrollment

01.03.2022 - 18.03.2022

Timing

28.11.2022 - 16.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Helsinki

Teaching languages

Finnish

Degree programmes

BA in Health Care, Public Health Care
BA in Health Care
BA in Health Care, Diaconal Nursing

Teachers

Eeva Kivelä
Aino Maaria Kokkonen

Groups

A52sh-lh

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

Evaluation scale

0-5

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Enrollment

01.03.2022 - 18.03.2022

Timing

28.11.2022 - 16.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Helsinki

Teaching languages

Finnish

Seats

0 - 333

Degree programmes

BA in Health Care, Public Health Care
BA in Health Care
BA in Health Care, Diaconal Nursing

Teachers

Mirjami Huuskonen
Eeva Kivelä

Groups

A51sh
A51sh

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

Evaluation scale

0-5

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Enrollment

01.03.2022 - 18.03.2022

Timing

14.11.2022 - 16.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Pieksämäki

Teaching languages

Finnish

Seats

0 - 333

Degree programmes

BA in Health Care, Public Health Care
BA in Health Care
BA in Health Care, Diaconal Nursing

Teachers

Tiina Takku
Hanna Kolehmainen

Groups

E51sh
E51sh

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

Evaluation scale

0-5

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Enrollment

01.03.2022 - 18.03.2022

Timing

26.09.2022 - 14.10.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Helsinki

Teaching languages

Finnish

Seats

0 - 333

Degree programmes

BA in Health Care, Public Health Care
BA in Health Care
BA in Health Care, Diaconal Nursing

Teachers

Eeva Kivelä
Aino Maaria Kokkonen

Groups

A51sha
A51sha

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

Evaluation scale

0-5

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Enrollment

01.03.2022 - 18.03.2022

Timing

19.09.2022 - 21.10.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Oulu

Teaching languages

Finnish

Seats

0 - 333

Degree programmes

BA in Health Care, Public Health Care
BA in Health Care
BA in Health Care, Diaconal Nursing

Teachers

Ulla Lahtela

Groups

I51sh
I51sh

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

Evaluation scale

0-5

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Enrollment

01.03.2022 - 18.03.2022

Timing

12.09.2022 - 21.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Pori

Teaching languages

Finnish

Seats

0 - 333

Degree programmes

BA in Health Care, Public Health Care
BA in Health Care
BA in Health Care, Diaconal Nursing

Teachers

Sinikka Paukkunen

Groups

F51sh
F51sh

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

Evaluation scale

0-5

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Enrollment

13.09.2021 - 05.10.2021

Timing

14.02.2022 - 13.05.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

50 % Contact teaching, 50 % Distance learning

Campus

Helsinki

Teaching languages

Finnish

Seats

0 - 200

Degree programmes

BA in Health Care, Public Health Care
BA in Health Care
BA in Health Care, Diaconal Nursing

Teachers

Eeva Kivelä
Aino Maaria Kokkonen

Groups

A50sh
A50sh

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

Evaluation scale

0-5

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Enrollment

13.09.2021 - 05.10.2021

Timing

14.02.2022 - 20.05.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

50 % Contact teaching, 50 % Distance learning

Campus

Oulu

Teaching languages

Finnish

Seats

0 - 200

Degree programmes

BA in Health Care, Public Health Care
BA in Health Care
BA in Health Care, Diaconal Nursing

Teachers

Ulla Lahtela

Groups

I50shd
I50shd

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

Evaluation scale

0-5

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Enrollment

13.09.2021 - 05.10.2021

Timing

07.02.2022 - 11.03.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Helsinki

Teaching languages

Finnish

Seats

0 - 200

Degree programmes

BA in Health Care, Public Health Care
BA in Health Care
BA in Health Care, Diaconal Nursing

Teachers

Mirjami Huuskonen
Aino Maaria Kokkonen

Groups

A50shd
A50shd
A50th
A50th

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

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- 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

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0-5

Pharmacotherapy and drug calculations in elder careLaajuus (2 cr)

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LÄÄ03MK25OUL Pharmacotherapy and drug calculations in elder care, 2 op

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LÄÄ03MK25HKI-SH Pharmacotherapy and drug calculations in elder care, 2 op

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LÄÄ03MK25HKI-SHD/TH Pharmacotherapy and drug calculations in elder care, 2 op

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LÄÄ03MS24HKI-SH-LH Pharmacotherapy and drug calculations in elder care, 2 op

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LÄÄ03MS24JNS/PMK Pharmacotherapy and drug calculations in elder care, 2 op

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