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Safe pharmacotherapy and drug calculations (2 cr)

Code: LÄÄ0102A20S-3055

General information


Enrollment

01.03.2024 - 18.03.2024

Timing

11.09.2024 - 18.09.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Virtual portion

2 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Campus

Pori

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 100

Degree programmes

  • BA in Health Care, Public Health Care
  • BA in Health Care

Teachers

  • Karoliina Salminen

Groups

  • POR-S24th
  • POR-S24sh
  • 18.09.2024 08:30 - 11:45, KHO23 & LÄÄ01 / 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