Pharmacotherapy (5 cr)
Code: ST00BG43-3008
General information
Enrollment
19.08.2019 - 15.09.2019
Timing
19.08.2019 - 01.11.2019
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
2 op
RDI portion
1 op
Mode of delivery
60 % Contact teaching, 40 % Distance learning
Campus
Social and Health Care
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 30
Degree programmes
- Bachelor's Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Heli Oksanen
- Maj-Britt Tallbacka
Groups
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08SH19K, 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