Medication Management and Drug Calculations (4cr)

Content scheduling

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Objective

Student becomes familiar with statutes and regulations that concern pharmaceutical care.
Student understand the role of the nurse in drug therapy. Student understand his / her professional responsibility to secure and promote safe drug under supervision.
Student learns the different pharmaceutical dosage forms and routes of administration, and assume responsibility for appropriate handling and storage of medicines.
Student is able to dispense pharmaceutical dosage forms correctly under supervision. Student can under supervision safely administer intracutaneous, subcutaneous, intramuscular and ventrogluteal injections.
Student knows how to observe the effects of medicines and how to evaluate the effectiveness of drug care. Student knows the adverse drug reactions and drug interactions.
Student knows and learns under supervision, how to plan, implement and evaluate safe drug care in different situations.
Student perform drug calculations correctly.
Student learns the general principles of pharmacology.
Student knows how to use pharmaceutical databases.

Content

Statutes and regulations that concern pharmaceutical care
- Control of medicines in hospital and community
- The role of the nurse in drug therapy
- The different pharmaceutical dosage forms and routes of administration, and responsibility for appropriate handling and storage of medicines.
- Intracutaneous, subcutaneous, intramuscular and ventrogluteal injections
- Planning, implementing and evaluating safe drug care in different situations
- The effects of medicines, adverse reactions and drug interactions.
- Drug calculations
- The general principles of pharmacology
- Pharmaceutical databases

Materials

Teacher will give the material in the beginning of the course
Moodle

Teaching methods

Theory, lab skills, group work, seminars, simulations

Employer connections

The course prepares students to practical training

Exam schedules

In the end of the course written exam and drug calculations

International connections

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Completion alternatives

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Student workload

26,6h/1 ECTS

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1-2
Students
- have some knowledge of the statutes on pharmaceutical care
- have command of various pharmaceutical dosage forms and of the appropriate and careful handling and storage of medicines.
-understand the role of the registered nurse in planning, implementing and evaluating safe drug care in different situations
- are able to list the general principles of pharmacology
- have a basic idea about the effects of medicines, adverse reactions and drug interactions.
- manage drug calculations correctly
-mostly use pharmaceutical databases unsystematically

Assessment criteria, good (3)

3-4
Students
- are familiar with the statutes on pharmaceutical care
- have command of various pharmaceutical dosage forms and of the appropriate and careful handling and storage of medicines.
-understand the role of the registered nurse in planning, implementing and evaluating safe drug care in different situations
- know the general principles of pharmacology
- understand the basics about the effects of medicines, adverse reactions and drug interactions.
- manage drug calculations correctly
-mostly use pharmaceutical databases correctly

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

5
Students
- are familiar with the statutes on pharmaceutical care
- have command of various pharmaceutical dosage forms and of the appropriate and careful handling and storage of medicines.
-understand the role of registered nurse in planning, implementing and evaluating safe drug care in different situations
- know and explain the general principles of pharmacology
- know and understand the effects of medicines, adverse reactions and drug interactions.
- manage drug calculations correctly
- use the pharmaceutical databases correctly

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Fail:
Students
- are not familiar with the statutes on pharmaceutical care
- do not have command of the various pharmaceutical dosage forms or appropriate and careful handling and storage of medicines.
-do not understand the role of the registered nurse in planning, implementing and evaluating safe drug care in different situations
- do not understand the general principles of pharmacology
- do not know or understand effects of medicines, adverse reactions or drug interactions.
- do not manage drug calculations correctly
- can not use the pharmaceutical databases correctly
-patient safety cannot be guaranteed

Qualifications

No previous studies required

Further information

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