Medical care and pharmacology (10op)

Osaamistavoitteet

The student:
Understands the laws, regulations, and national guidelines that govern pharmacological care in Finland, and recognises their role in the overall medication process.
Understands their professional responsibility in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of safe pharmacological care.
Identifies the critical points in the medication process and ensures safe administration of prescribed treatments.
Explains the phases and mechanisms of action of medications administered by different routes in the human body.
Applies essential pharmacological knowledge when planning, administering, guiding, and evaluating medication therapy
Administers medications safely through various routes, including oral, injectable, intravenous, and inhaled methods.
Understands the principles and safe administration of intravenous fluid therapy and blood transfusions.
Monitors and documents the effects of drug therapy, including adverse effects and interactions.
Uses electronic drug databases (e.g., Terveysportti) to support clinical decision-making and medication safety.
Performs accurate medication calculations involving various units, concentrations, and administration techniques, including infusions and weight-based dosages.

Sisältö

Medication Calculations (2 ECTS)
Medications administered via natural routes
Medications administered by injection
Dosage based on body weight or body surface area
Medical gases
Solution concentrations as relative concentrations
Preparing solutions from solid substances
Diluting solutions
Infusion rate calculations
Error prevention in medication calculations

Medical Care (5 ECTS)
Medicine in the body
Adverse effects and drug interactions
Safe medication practices across different administration routes
Intravenous fluid therapy
Principles and procedures of blood transfusion
Roles and responsibilities of nurses in pharmacological care
Drug storage, handling, documentation, and disposal
Use of electronic databases like Terveysportti to support safe medication practice
Finnish laws and regulations of medication safety

Basics of Pharmacology (3 ECTS)
Most common groups of drugs and their uses, mechanisms of action, and administration methods

Oppimateriaalit

Provided by lecturer

Arviointikriteerit, kiitettävä (5)

Demonstrates comprehensive mastery of pharmacological care, integrating laws, regulations, guidelines, and professional responsibilities seamlessly into practice.
Anticipates and proactively manages risks at critical points of the medication process.
Explains medication mechanisms in detail with strong evidence-based reasoning and applies pharmacological knowledge critically in planning, administration, and guidance.
Administers medications safely and independently through all routes, including complex IV therapies and blood transfusions, with exceptional precision.
Performs advanced medication calculations accurately, including challenging infusion and weight-based problems, ensuring error prevention.
Uses electronic databases (e.g., Terveysportti) skillfully to make informed, evidence-based clinical decisions. Monitors, evaluates, and documents drug therapy comprehensively, identifying and managing adverse effects, interactions, and complex patient cases with professionalism and confidence.

Arviointikriteerit, hyvä (3)

Demonstrates solid knowledge of pharmacological care and applies laws, regulations, and professional responsibilities appropriately in practice. Identifies and manages critical points in the medication process with good accuracy.
Explains phases and mechanisms of medication action clearly across different routes.
Administers medications safely through oral, injectable, IV, and inhaled routes, showing confidence in routine procedures.
Understands and applies safe principles of IV therapy and blood transfusion.
Uses electronic drug databases effectively to support decision-making and medication safety.
Monitors, evaluates, and documents drug effects systematically, recognising common adverse effects and interactions.

Arviointikriteerit, tyydyttävä (1)

Meets the minimum requirements of the course:
Demonstrates a basic understanding of Finnish laws, regulations, and guidelines for pharmacological care, but applies them inconsistently. Recognises their professional responsibility but shows limited ability to evaluate or plan safe care.
Identifies critical points of the medication process at a basic level.
Explains medication mechanisms in simple terms with partial accuracy.
Administers medications safely through the most common routes but requires support in more complex procedures (e.g., IV therapy, transfusions). Uses electronic drug databases only in a limited way.
Documentation and monitoring are basic but sometimes incomplete.

Suoritustavat

Assignments, lectures, group work, skills labs.

Medical calculations must be passed 100%
Clinical skills labs must be attended 100%