Drug Care and Drug Calculation (3cr)

Objective

CLINICAL COMPETENCE

Students will learn the statutes regulating drug care. They will comprehend their responsibility as nurses/public health nurses in handling drugs and administering drug care. They will learn the various forms of medicines, the routes of administering them and take responsibility for handling drugs carefully and correctly. Students will also learn to calculate dosages correctly.

Content

Legislation pertaining to drug care. Risks in drug care. Forms of drugs, handling medicines and routes of medication. Administeration of medicines. Documentation.
Using the Pharmaca Fennica. Pharmacological services. Drug calculations.

Qualifications

No previous studies are required.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

5
Students
- know the statutes regulating drug care and assume responsibility as nurses/public health nurses for handling drugs and administering drug care
- know various forms of medicines, routes of administering them and take responsibility for handling drugs carefully and correctly
- calculate dosages correctly

3-4
Students
- know the statutes regulating drug care and understand their responsibility as nurses/public health nurses in handling drugs and administering drug care
- know various forms of medicines, the routes of administering them and know how to handle drugs carefully and correctly
- calculate dosages correctly

1-2

Students
- know some statutes regulating drug care and know their responsibility as nurses/public health nurses in handling drugs and administering drug care
- know various forms of medicines, the routes of administering them and know how to handle drugs carefully and correctly
- calculate dosages correctly

Fail = 0
Students
- do not know the statutes that regulate drug care and are not aware of their responsibility as nurses/public health nurses in handling drugs and administering drug care
- are not familiar with the various forms of medicines, routes of administering them, do not take responsibility for handling drugs carefully and correctly
- do not know how to calculate dosages correctly

Materials

Saano Susanna ja Taam-Ukkonen Minna. Lääkehoidon käsikirja. 2013. SanomaPro. Availability:http://plari.amkit.fi/vwebv/holdingsInfo?sk=fi_FI&bibId=103593

Nurminen M.-L. 2011. Lääkehoito. 10th edition. WSOY. (assigned chapter) Availability: http://plari.amkit.fi/vwebv/holdingsInfo?sk=fi_FI&bibId=97746

Lääkelaki (amended)

Ministry of Health and Welfare. 2006. Turvallinen lääkehoito. Availability: http://plari.amkit.fi/vwebv/holdingsInfo?sk=fi_FI&bibId=70841

Ernvall S. et al. 2009. Lääkelaskenta. 9th edition. WSOY. Availability: http://plari.amkit.fi/vwebv/holdingsInfo?sk=fi_FI&bibId=89739

Other material selected by the lecturer.

Teaching methods

Lectures, mathematics for drug care, drug calculations,practising drug administration during calculation lessons. Introduction of the student's drug care skills card (to be complemented throughout the degree programme), independent study