Study Guide

Objective

Students
- can use their knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology, applied pharmacology and administration of pharmacotherapy to plan, implement and evaluate safe pharmacotherapy of different client/patient groups
- are able to plan, implement and evaluate peripheric and central intravenous infusion, nutritional and pharmacotherapeutic care safely
- are able to provide patient education to clients and patients and their significant others in pharmacotherapy and intravenous infusion
- can implement safe blood transfusion
- are aware of the potentially threatening situations and their reporting

Content

- nurse’s role, tasks and responsibility regarding intravenous infusion and pharmacotherapeutic care
- pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics and toxicology
- different pharmacons
- pharmacotherapeutic effects, side effects and synergism, mechanisms of synergism
- planning, implementing, evaluating and developing the effectiveness of safe peripheric and central intravenous infusion, nutritional and pharmacotherapeutic care
- basics of intravenous infusion and blood transfusion
- recognition, prevention and dealing with medication errors
- multiprofessional cooperation on pharmacotherapy
- patient safety reporting as part of quality control
- patient education on intravenous infusion and pharmacotherapy
- pharmacotherapeutic technologies

Location and time

- Teaching will take place in campus
- Schedule in OMA
- Please actively monitor your schedule and announcements (email) changes may be possible.

Materials

Assignments and exam material will be confirmed in the orientation.

Teaching methods

· Mode of delivery face-to-face
· Interactive lecture
· Cooperative learning, Small group work
· Clinical laboratory teaching
· Simulation
· Virtual learning
· Independent study

Exam schedules

Pharmacotherapy exam 21.12
Retake 1 & 2: Enrollment under the name of the responsible teacher Anna NIskanen
1st re-take: 21.2. klo 16.30 – 20.00
2nd re-take 25.4. klo 16.30 – 20.00

Pharmacology exam 11.11.
Retake 1 & 2: Enrollment under the name of the responsible teacher Anna NIskanen
1st re-take 23.1 klo 16.30 – 20.00
2nd re-take 20.3. klo 16.30 – 20.00

Everyone is entitled to two retake attempts. Exam grade could be upgraded once at the first retake exam. Enrollment to the retake exams will happen using the name of the teacher in charge of the course. Retake exam are completed as per instructions given at the orientation. Please adhere to Metropolia guidelines regarding enrollment process for the retake exams. (Instructions can be found in OMA)

International connections

Alternatively, the student may complete the course in Finnish together with Finnish taught group.

Completion alternatives

It is possible to apply total or partly AHOT/RPL (recognition of prior learning) based on earlier studies, according to AHOT-guidelines (please see OMA). The AHOT process must be commenced before the course begins. The student going through the process must enroll on the course as usual and attend on orientation so the compensatory activities can be agreed. Decision of partial AHOT must be presented to the responsible teacher prior to course orientation.

Student workload

· 1 cr = 27 h
· The course consists of 135 hours of which the amount contact hours will be 44 h (theory, clinical laboratory teaching and simulation) and independent study 91 h (preparing for exam, web-based materials and learning assignments)

Further information

Pharmacotherapy 2 contains the following parts: theory, clinical labs and simulations, pharmacology 2 lectures. Info about exam will be provided on orientation.

Participation in orientation is compulsory. Participation to 80 % of theory classes is mandatory.

Participation in clinical laborations is compulsory. Students are required to wear appropriate protective uniforms in clinical laborations. Instructions given in asepsis lectures are being followed during practicing.

Previous studies/courses that must be completed before Pharmacotherapy 2: Pharmacotherapy 1 theory, clinical labs and simulations, clinical nursing and anatomy and fysiology.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

See the attachment "Framework for evaluation criteria of competence"

Assessment methods and criteria

Pharmacotherapy is graded 1-5/failed
Pharmacology is graded 1-5/failed
These two grades create the course overall grade. Pharmacotherapy grade is weighted by two, pharmacology exam is weighted by one.
Web-based courses and all independent course assignments (100% must be done) failed-passed
Clinical laboratory teaching (100% attendance) failed-passed
Simulations (100% attendance) failed-passed

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology and Pathophysiology.
Basic knowledge of Pharmacotherapy.