Pharmacotherapy (3 cr)

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Objective

Purpose of the course
After completing this course, you will know the basics of safe medication and the digital solutions for implementing medication.

Competences of the course
Clinical competence
Evidence based nursing and decision making competence
Patient safety and quality assurance competence

Learning outcomes of the course
You understand the responsibility of your professional role in medication.
You can correctly determine the doses of safe drug treatment.

Content

Basic concepts of medicine therapy
Formulations and routes of administration
The phases of the medicine in the body
Implementation of safe drug treatment including digital solutions
Medication follow-up
Access to medical databases
Medicinal quantities, prefixes, units, and variants thereof.
Logical and mathematical determination of doses.
Dosage of liquid and solid drugs.

Materials

Potter, P.A & Perry, A.G. 2014. Basic nursing. Mosby. (detaild later)
Volans, G. N. & Wiseman, H. 2010. Drugs handbook. London : Palgrave Macmillan

Drug Calculations
Ogden, S.J. & Fluharty, L. 2016. Calculation of Drug Dosages: A Work Text, 10th Edition. ELSEVIER. ISBN-13: 978-0323310697. Or
Lapham, R. & Agar, H. 2009. Drug Calculations for Nurses. Noman.

Teaching methods

Contact teaching
Independent virtual learning

Student workload

Basics of Pharmacotherapy 27h:
- contact teaching and examination 14h
- independent learning 13h

Drug Calculations 27 h
- contact teaching + Exam 14 h
- independent learning 13 h

Drug Calculations 27 h (during Medical Nursing course)

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

You know the basics of safe medication and understand the role of a nurse in delivering safe medication. You master medical calculations flawlessly.

Further information

Open Studies 5