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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

  • SHMI20SP
    Nursing, 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