Drug calculations (0 cr)
Code: VV00DI17-3044
General information
Enrollment
14.12.2020 - 15.01.2021
Timing
01.01.2021 - 31.12.2024
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 Health Care
Teachers
- Maria Koski
- Pia Valtonen
- Leila Sikanen
- Salla Rinne
- Minna Humaloja
- Riitta Riikonen
- Aila Friis
- Haija Kankkunen
- Pirjo Oikarinen
- Päivi Sajaniemi
- Teea Lång
- Anne Ulmanen
- Emma Mikkonen
- Riitta-Liisa Jukarainen
- Tuula Tarhonen
- Susanna Suvimaa
- Sirpa Gardemeister
Groups
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THMI21KPHealth care, fulltime 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