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LÄÄ01MS24HKI-SH Safe pharmacotherapy and drug calculations (2 cr)

Code: LÄÄ0102A20S-3040

General information


Enrollment

01.03.2024 - 18.03.2024

Timing

19.08.2024 - 13.10.2024

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 - 100

Degree programmes

  • BA in Health Care

Teachers

  • Kristiina Rosqvist
  • Erja Eskelinen
  • Suvi Vierelä

Groups

  • HKI-K24sh
  • 21.08.2024 08:30 - 11:30, LÄÄ01 / Info ja luento
  • 22.08.2024 09:30 - 11:15, LÄÄ01 / Luento 2
  • 10.09.2024 10:15 - 11:45, LÄÄ01 / Lääkelaskupaja (ryhmä A)
  • 10.09.2024 12:15 - 13:45, LÄÄ01 / Lääkelaskupaja (ryhmä B)
  • 12.09.2024 08:45 - 11:45, LÄÄ01 / Luento 3
  • 12.09.2024 12:45 - 14:15, LÄÄ01 / Lääkelaskupaja (ryhmä B)
  • 12.09.2024 14:30 - 16:00, LÄÄ01 / Lääkelaskupaja (ryhmä A)
  • 24.09.2024 08:30 - 10:45, LÄÄ01 / Lääkehoidon teoriatentti
  • 25.09.2024 12:00 - 13:30, LÄÄ01 / Lääkelaskutentti
  • 07.10.2024 09:00 - 10:00, LÄÄ01 / Lääkelaskennan uusintatentti

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