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LÄÄ01PK24HKI-SH Safe pharmacotherapy and drug calculations (2 cr)

Code: LÄÄ0102A20S-3035

General information


Enrollment

11.10.2023 - 29.10.2023

Timing

15.01.2024 - 10.03.2024

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

  • Henna Mäkinen
  • Paula Kukko

Groups

  • HKI-S23sh
  • 17.01.2024 08:30 - 11:30, LÄÄ01 / Orientaatio
  • 17.01.2024 14:15 - 15:45, LÄÄ01 / Matematiikan perusteet (vapaaehtoinen)
  • 23.01.2024 10:00 - 11:30, LÄÄ01 / Lääkelaskupaja, ryhmä A
  • 23.01.2024 12:30 - 14:00, LÄÄ01 / Lääkelaskupaja, ryhmä B
  • 25.01.2024 12:30 - 14:00, LÄÄ01 / Lääkelaskennan tukipaja
  • 26.01.2024 08:30 - 11:30, LÄÄ01 / Luento 2
  • 29.01.2024 08:30 - 10:00, LÄÄ01 / Lääkehoidonpaja, ryhmä A
  • 29.01.2024 14:30 - 16:00, LÄÄ01 / Lääkehoidonpaja, ryhmä B
  • 30.01.2024 09:00 - 12:00, LÄÄ01 / Luento 3
  • 05.02.2024 08:30 - 10:00, LÄÄ01 / Lääkelaskutentti
  • 15.02.2024 09:00 - 10:30, LÄÄ01 / Lääkelaskennan uusintatentti
  • 06.03.2024 13:15 - 15:45, LÄÄ01 / Teoriatentti
  • 08.03.2024 13:00 - 14:30, LÄÄ01 / Lääkelaskennan tukipaja

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

0-5