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Safe pharmacotherapy and drug calculations (2 cr)

Code: LÄÄ0102A20S-3046

General information


Enrollment

02.12.2023 - 31.12.2023

Timing

26.02.2024 - 10.03.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Helsinki

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • BA in Health Care

Teachers

  • Karoliina Salminen
  • Linnea Jokinen

Groups

  • HKI-K24sh
  • 07.03.2024 12:30 - 15:30, LÄÄ01 / KHO23 vaihtoehtoisen suoritustavan testi

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