Medication Treatment and Medication Calculations 2. (3 cr)

Code: SH00BW14-3042

General information

Enrollment: 25.11.2024 - 28.02.2025
Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 03.03.2025 - 01.06.2025
Implementation is running.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 3 cr

Local portion: 3 cr

Mode of delivery: Contact learning

Unit: 20 Sosiaali- ja terveysala

Campus: Laurea Tikkurila

Teaching languages: Finnish

Seats: 20 - 40

Degree programmes: Sairaanhoitajakoulutus (SHV2), Laurea Tikkurila (Finnish)

Teachers: Ulla Jauhiainen

Teacher in charge: Ulla Jauhiainen

Groups: SHV224SN2
Sairaanhoitajakoulutus, päivätoteutus, S24, Tikkurila, ryhmä 2

Study unit: SH00BW14

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- calculate medication doses correctly
- apply knowledge of pathophysiology, pharmacology and the basics of medication treatment when planning, implementing and evaluating treatment for patients with medical and infectious diseases
- describe the main drug classifications, drugs’ active ingredients and medicines used in long-term and acute care and their mechanisms
- implement safe and aseptic medication treatment using different routes of administration

Location and time

Tikkurila Campus

Timetable will be available in Pakki.

Attendance to first contact lesson / orientation is mandatory

Teaching methods

Contact lessons
Independent study
Medication calculations exam
IV-therapy workshops

Exam schedules

Orientation mandatory
Workshop mandatory

Student workload

Medication treatment and medication calculations 2 cr (1 cr = 27 hours of student workload)
So it is 81 hours of students work

Content scheduling

Pharmacology 1,5 cr
Safe and aseptic medication treatment1 cr
Medication calculations 0,5cr

Evaluation scale

H-5

Further information

Medication calculation is part of Module II implementation. A student MUST past medication calculation before going for placement II.