Drug calculations (0 cr)
Code: VV00DI17-3053
General information
Enrollment
12.04.2021 - 25.04.2021
Timing
01.08.2020 - 31.12.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
0 op
Unit
Department of Social Services and Health Care, Mikkeli
Campus
Mikkeli Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 50
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Maria Koski
- Merja Harmoinen
- Pia Valtonen
- Leila Sikanen
- Salla Rinne
- Minna Humaloja
- Aila Friis
- Riitta Riikonen
- Pirjo Oikarinen
- Marko Issakainen
- Teea Lång
- Anne Ulmanen
- Miia Myllymäki
- Emma Mikkonen
- Riitta-Liisa Jukarainen
- Vappu Martikainen
- Sirpa Gardemeister
- Susanna Suvimaa
- Tuula Tarhonen
Teacher in charge
Sirpa Gardemeister
Groups
-
SHMI20SPNursing, full-time studies
Objective
You are able to perform the basic drug dosage calculations required in the treatment of a patient.
Content
How do you calculate the dosage if the drug is administered by enteral routes?
How do you calculate the dosage if the drug is administered by injection?
How do you calculate the dosage based on the patient's weight?
How do you calculate the relative concentration in a dosage?
How do you calculate the dosage if solid substance is converted into liquid?
How do you reduce the concentration in a dosage?
How do you calculate the administration rate of intravenous medication?
Evaluation scale
Approved/Failed