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Drug dosage calculations (0 cr)

Code: VV00DI17-3073

General information


Enrollment

02.01.2023 - 15.01.2023

Timing

01.01.2023 - 31.12.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

0 op

Unit

Department of Social Services and Health Care

Campus

Mikkeli Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 60

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Health Care
  • Degree Programme in Nursing

Teachers

  • Maria Ajanto
  • Merja Harmoinen
  • Leila Sikanen
  • Salla Rinne
  • Riitta Riikonen
  • Matias Karvonen
  • Haija Kankkunen
  • Pirjo Oikarinen
  • Teea Lång
  • Anne Ulmanen
  • Miia Myllymäki
  • Emma Mikkonen
  • Alina Jurvanen
  • Susanna Suvimaa
  • Sirpa Gardemeister

Groups

  • SHMI23KVM
    Nursing, online/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

1-5

Qualifications

Kliinisen hoitotyön perusteet/Lääkelaskut 1 op tulee olla suoritettuna hyväksytysti.