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Safe pharmacotherapy and drug calculations (2 cr)

Code: LÄÄ0102A20S-3029

General information


Enrollment

01.03.2023 - 19.03.2023

Timing

16.10.2023 - 29.10.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Virtual portion

2 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Campus

Diak joint implementation

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

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

Teachers

  • Karoliina Salminen

Groups

  • PMK-S23sh
  • OUL-S23sh-lh
    OUL-S23sh-lh
  • POR-S23th
  • HKI-S23sh
  • OUL-S23sh
    OUL-S23sh
  • POR-S23sh

Objective

Students
- understand pharmacotherapy as part of patient safety and are familiar with the documentation of dangerous and complication events in pharmacotherapy
- understand their responsibility for their actions during training
- understand the basics 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
- know how to execute basic drug calculations without errors

Content

- the statutory basis governing pharmacotherapy
- pharmacotherapy plan
- basics of safe pharmacotherapy, dangerous and complication event reports
- responsibilities and obligations of a nursing student during the education
- pharmacology, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, toxicology
- pharmaceutical service
- drug databases and electronic prescriptions
- basics of drug mathematics

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty