NS-2-036 (0) - Medication administration and patient safety

Nursing 2024 (top up) spring - Nursing finnish competences

3 (2024-01-01 to 2024-03-17)

English

Compulsory

First

1

5 cr

In this study unit the focus lies on the following competencies:

The student has basic knowledge in medication
administration and calculation and is able to
administer medication to the patient safely.

The student has basic knowledge in patient
safety.

MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
After completing the course, the student should
be able to:

- see the medication administration as a part
of the patient care, involving knowledge in
ethics, law, anatomy, physiology and chemistry,
pharmacology and mathematics (Knowledge)
- know the different ways of administration and
forms of medication and understand how they
affect the patient (Knowledge)
- know the different steps in the medication
process acknowledge the importance of being
part of the development of this process (Knowledge)
- know what safe pharmacotherapy is, what good
practices in medication administration is and
how these are linked to patient safety (Knowledge)
- is aware of the responsibility involving
medication administration and know how to act
according to current regulations (Skills)
- master the terminology used in
pharmacotherapy
and the dosage calculations needed to ensure
patient safety (Skills)
- is able to meet the special needs of the
agening patient and guide them in questions
concerning their medication (Attitudes)
- is aware of the importance to create a
patient
safety promoting culture (Attitude)

PATIENT SAFETY
You should:
- be able to explain the terms used in patient
safety (Knowledge)
- be able to give examples of the most common
patient safety theories (Knowledge)
- understand how risks can be prevented and
limited (Skills)
- understand how human factors can affect your
work and how you can manage your work by
working in teams to improve patient safety (Attitudes)

Sustainable Global goals in focus:
# 3. Good health and well-being
# 12. Responsible consumption & production

Medication administration
* lectures in class

Pharmacology
* lectures in class
* self studies

Medication calculation
* one lecture about different ways of calculating that we recommend
* workshops in calculations

Online course in Patient safety

The students has to pass the course to go out
on practical training.
After passing the course, the student has to
pass one medication calculation exam each semester (included in clinical courses)
to be able to go out on practical trainings.

• Lectures - 40 hours
• Individual studies - 55 hours
• Internet-based studies - 40 hours

• Total workload of the course: 135 hours
• Of which autonomous studies: 135 hours
• Of which scheduled studies: 0 hours

Participation in tuition

To pass the course the student should pass the
following examinations:

1) The web course in patient safety (see the
link in itsLearning).
2) Exam in medication administration (theory)
3) Exam in medication calculation (10
calculations)

• Skogster Annika
• Appelroth Maria

Skogster Annika

https://arcada.itslearning.com/ External link

No limit

Until further notice

2023-11-24 to 2023-12-22