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Drug calculations (0 cr)

Code: VV00DI17-3025

General information


Enrollment

02.01.2019 - 14.01.2019

Timing

01.01.2019 - 31.07.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

0 op

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care, Mikkeli

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Nursing

Teachers

  • Elina Jouppila
  • Maria Koski
  • Pia Valtonen
  • Leila Sikanen
  • Aila Friis
  • Riitta Riikonen
  • Pirjo Oikarinen
  • Marko Issakainen
  • Päivi Sajaniemi
  • Anne Ulmanen
  • Riitta-Liisa Jukarainen
  • Vappu Martikainen
  • Anetta Liinaharja
  • Susanna Suvimaa
  • Sirpa Gardemeister

Groups

  • SHMI19KM

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