Drug Care and Drug Calculations (4 cr)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Content scheduling

Syksyn 2022 aikana lääkelaskujen opetus verkossa sekä lääkelaskuharjoitukset, keväällä 2023 lääkehoidon teoriaosuus sekä lääkehoidon laboraatiot

Objective

The student
-becomes familiar with statutes and regulations that concern pharmaceutical care.
-learns the pharmaceutical dosage forms and routes of administration.
-assumes responsibility for appropriate handling and storage of medicines.
-knows how to use pharmaceutical databases.
-is able to understand his/her professional responsibility for securing and promoting the safety of patients receiving drug care.
-knows the process of safe medication.
-is able to dispense pharmaceutical dosage forms correctly.
-is able to safely administer intracutaneous, subcutaneous, intramuscular and ventrogluteal injections.
-is able to observe side and combined effects of medicines and to evaluate the effectiveness of drug care.
-is able to perform drug calculations correctly.
-understands the importance of counselling a client / patient.
- is able to consider aseptic work in drug care care.
- takes into account the principles of sustainable development in drug care.

Content

- common concepts in pharmaceutical care
- pharmaceutical acts and regulations
- safety in drug care
- pharmaceutical dosage forms, handling and administration routes of drugs
- the routes and effects of drugs in human`s body
- storage and wasting of drugs
- documentation in pharmaceutical care
- evaluation of pharmaceutical care
- use of pharmaceutical databases
- drug safety and responsibility for informing those involved, administering IC, SC, IM and VG injections
- effective mechanisms, side and combined effects of drugs
- patient counselling in drug care
- principles sustainable development in drug care
- drug calculations

Materials

Saano, S. & Taam-Ukkonen, M. 2020. Lääkehoidon käsikirja. 9. uudistettu painos. Sanoma Pro Oy.
Nikkola, R., Nurkka, N., Paloposki, S., Müller, E. & Sinivuori, E. 2021. Annos oivallusta: Harjoittelemalla lääkelaskennan osaajaksi. 6., uudistettu painos. Sanoma Pro Oy.
(myös vanhempi versio samasta kirjasta esim. 2016 käy)

Teaching methods

Verkkoluennot, lääkelaskuharjoitukset, laboraatiot ja itsenäinen opiskelu

Exam schedules

Lääkelaskuista erillinen tentti koululla
Lääkehoidon teoriaosuudesta sähköinen tentti erikseen ilmoitettuna ajankohtana

Student workload

4 op = 108h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1-2
The student
- has some knowledge of statutes on pharmaceutical care.
- has the command of various pharmaceutical dosage forms and knows how to appropriately and carefully handle medicines.
- uses pharmaceutical databases randomly.
- is only partly aware of his/her responsibility for safe drug care.
- can do drug calculations correctly.
- has some knowledge about the process in safe drug care.
- is able to administer the medicine safely.
- knows the principles of sustainable development in drug care

Assessment criteria, good (3)

3-4
The student
- is familiar with statutes on pharmaceutical care.
- has command of the various pharmaceutical dosage forms and knows how to appropriate and carefully handle and store medicines.
- mostly uses pharmaceutical databases correctly.
- has the command of various pharmaceutical dosage forms and knows how to appropriately and carefully handle and store medicines.
- is aware of his/her professional responsibility for safe drug care.
- can do drug calculations correctly.
- has knowledge about the process in safe drug care.
- is able to administer the medicine safely.
- knows and can use the principles of sustainable development in drug care

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

5
The student
- is familiar with statutes on pharmaceutical care.
- has the command of various pharmaceutical dosage forms and of the appropriate and careful handling and storage of medicines.
- uses pharmaceutical databases correctly.
- is aware of his/her responsibility for safe drug care.
- is competent in the process of safe drug care.
- can perform drug calculations correctly.
- is able to administer the medicine safely.
-knows and can implement the principles of sustainable development

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Fail = 0
The student
- is not familiar with the statutes on pharmaceutical care.
- does not know pharmaceutical dosage forms or how to appropriately handle and store medicines.
- does not know how to use pharmaceutical databases.
- is not aware of his/her responsibility for safe drug care.
- cannot perform drug calculations correctly.
- is not familiar with the process of safe drug treatment.
- does not know how to safely administer drugs.
- does not know the principles of sustainable development