Study Guide

Objective

The Student:
- understands how human anatomy, physiology, and pathology affect the administration of medications, the stages and effects of medications in the body when planning, implementing, and evaluating safe medication management for different patient groups
- has basic knowledge of how medications affect the human body
- can explain the legal foundations of medication management
- masters the aseptic techniques of medication management
- masters medication forms and their most common administration methods
- has skills in administering injections
- can observe and evaluate the effects of medication management on the patient
- understands the importance of medication management in patient safety
- masters patient guidance and documentation related to medication management
- masters basic medication calculations

Content

Laws, guiding documents, and safe medication management
The nurse's role, tasks, and responsibilities
Medication management plan
Sustainable development: use of materials, reuse, and disposal of medications in social- and healthcare
The most common medication groups, their uses, mechanisms of action, and administration methods
Prescription and medication orders
The ten rights of medication management
Safe medication dosing
Subcutaneous and intramuscular injection
Self-medication
Medication calculations: basic arithmetic, rounding, equation solving, conversions, dosages
Calculation of active substances (tablets, solutions)
Dosage considering the patient's body weight and size
Use of Terveysportti

Qualifications

No prior requisites

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam
The student has a superficial knowledge of the subject.

Assessment criteria for written work
The student has followed the instructions and their knowledge of the other students' work is inadequate. The student shows limited substance knowledge, it can be essential.

The student shows insufficient knowledge about the other students' written work. The student has followed the instructions for the written work. They have a deficient knowledge of the substance also touching the essential.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam
The student can account for the literature, reflect and motivate his / her views.

Assessment criteria for written work
The student has followed the instructions for the written work and shows insufficient knowledge about the other students' written work. The student master the substance of his work, but the application is limited.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam
The student shows in his answer an in-depth knowledge and maturity beyond the traditional.

Criteria for evaluation of written work individually or in groups
The student has followed the instructions for the written work and shows that she has mastered the substance. They have read the other participants' written work and can ask relevant questions and lead a discussion at the seminar. The written work and the possible opponentship show something out of the ordinary (technical execution, oral presentation, mature reflections, independent working methods).

The student has followed the instructions for the written work and shows that she has mastered the substance. They have read the other participants' work and can ask relevant questions and lead a discussion at the seminar.