Medication Treatment and Medication Calculations 1. (4 cr)

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- calculate medication doses correctly
- explain the legislation and information guidance related to medication treatment
- describe the basic principles of safe medication treatment
- describe the basics of medication treatment administered via enteral and local routes and as injections
- use different pharmaceutical databases

Materials

Boyd Claire, 2013: Medicine Management Skills for Nurses : Student Survival Skills. (e-book, available via Laurea library)
Huang S-M, Lertora J J L, Atkinson A J, Markey S P & Atkinson A J. 2012. Principles of Clinical Pharmacology. Academic Press. Laurea e-license
Gatford, J. D. & Phillips, N. 2016. Nursing calculations. Elsevier, Sidney.
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (STM). Pharmacotherapy and pharmaceutical service.
Fimea.fi
Kozier et. al. 2012: Fundamentals of nursing
Materials from Canvas

Teaching methods

Part 1. Medication treatment theory 3cr
Part 2. Medication calculations 0,5 cr
Part 3. Workshops 0,5cr (100% presence)

This will be scheduled in Pakki.
Group divisions will be discussed during the 1st lecture. Mandatory presence at the orientation.

Exam schedules

The actual contact schedule is directly visible to students in Pakki as implementation reservations.
The dates of the submission of assignments, exams and opportunities to retake examinations in the implementation can be found from Canvas.

According to the degree regulations (section 18) “students must be present in the first contact session or notify their teacher in charge if they cannot attend. If they fail to notify the teacher of their absence in the first contact session, their enrollment will be rejected. Another student in the queue may be enrolled in the study unit in the place of the absent student.” (Laurea degree regulations) In the case of online studies the lecturer can also specify some other way than participation on an online meeting what is required from the student so that he/she verifies his/her attendance on the study unit (Decision by the vice president, education 7/2019).

Student workload

1cr = 27 hours of student's work
4cr = 108 hours

Part 1. Medication treatment theory 3cr = 81 hours of student's work

Part 2. Medication calculations 0,5 cr = 13,5 hours of student's work

Part 3. Workshops 0,5cr = 13,5 hours of student's work

Content scheduling

Core content :
Medication treatment:
- Legislation regulating medication treatment
- Safe medication treatment processes and medication treatment plan
- Aseptic techniques in medication treatment
- The role, tasks and responsibility of nurses in medication treatment
- Forms and routes of medication administration
- Pharmaceutical service
- Pharmaceutical technology
- Basic knowledge of drug allergies and anaphylaxis

Medication calculations:
- Conversion of units
- calculating percentages
- solid and liquid medicine
- weight based calculations
- (basic) gas calculations

Workshops:
Workshop 1: subcutaneous injection (abdominal region and upper arm)
Workshop 2: intramuscular (thigh) and ventrogluteal injection
Workshop 3: dispensing medication

Evaluation scale

H-5

Further information

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