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Pharmacotherapy (5 cr)

Code: ST00BG43-3011

General information


Enrollment

19.08.2019 - 15.09.2019

Timing

04.11.2019 - 31.12.2019

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

2 op

RDI portion

2 op

Mode of delivery

60 % Contact teaching, 40 % Distance learning

Campus

Social and Health Care

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 20

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor's Degree Programme in Nursing

Teachers

  • Heli Oksanen
  • Maj-Britt Tallbacka

Groups

  • 08SH19S
    , Lahti

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- describe the statutory basis of pharmacotherapy and the process of effective, safe, appropriate and economical pharmacotherapy
- justify the planning, implementation and evaluation of pain management, pharmacological care and infusion therapy, parenteral nutrition, and blood transfusion
- explain the methods of medicine administration, forms of medication, and the principles of safe radiotherapy and vaccination
- perform medical dosage calculations, acknowledging their own responsibility for the accuracy of the calculations
- explain the principles of pharmacology, identify different drug ingredients and describe their effects, stages in the human body and their synergetic and adverse effects (2 ECTS)

Assessment scale

1-5