Drug calculations (0 cr)
Code: VV00DI17-3042
General information
Enrollment
01.10.2020 - 15.10.2020
Timing
01.01.2021 - 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
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing
Teachers
- Elina Jouppila
- Reetta Pylkkänen
- Maria Koski
- Merja Harmoinen
- Pia Valtonen
- Leila Sikanen
- Salla Rinne
- Minna Humaloja
- Aila Friis
- Riitta Riikonen
- Haija Kankkunen
- Pirjo Oikarinen
- Päivi Sajaniemi
- Minja Lintunen
- Teea Lång
- Anne Ulmanen
- Emma Mikkonen
- Miia Myllymäki
- Riitta-Liisa Jukarainen
- Anetta Liinaharja
- Tuula Tarhonen
- Susanna Suvimaa
- Sirpa Gardemeister
Groups
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SHMI21KMNursing, part-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