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Pharmacotherapy (5 cr)

Code: AH00BZ50-3033

General information


Timing

25.02.2022 - 31.07.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Unit

Faculty of Health Care and Social Services (LAB)

Campus

E-campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Open studies, social and health care (in Finnish)

Teachers

  • Fanny Kilpinen
  • Lellu Leinonen

Groups

  • HLTIAVOSOTE21S
  • HLPRAVOSOTE21S

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- identify the legal and ethical responsibilities of the nurse in pharmacotherapy
- carry out pharmacological treatment safely and evaluate the effect of pharmacological treatment
- list the pharmacological mechanisms of action, disadvantages and contraindications of medicines used to treat the most common diseases
- justify the choice of the medicinal product in terms of drug properties, drug interactions and compliance
- guide the client in the implementation of medication

Assessment scale

1-5