SYKP1300B Pharmacology and Administration of Medicine Course description

This course introduces students to basic pharmacology, drug administration and drug calculation. They will learn about the connection between drug administration and patient safety and about the accuracy requirements that apply to working with drugs. This is an introductory course in pharmacology and drug administration, and the theme will be continued in the second and third years of study.

In this course, the student will learn about nursing for patients with chronic diseases, loss of function after injury or disease, intellectual disabilities and other complex diseases. The students will encounter patients in their own homes or in residential care homes. They will gain experience of communicating and interacting with patients and next-of-kin. Challenges related to key patient phenomena, functional impairment, mastery, dignity and user participation will be central aspects of the course. Different perspectives on nursing in a care and rehabilitation context are analysed with the home as the arena, at the intersection between paternalism and autonomy, as well as different cultural values. Interprofessional and intersectoral cooperation and service development and innovation are also included in the course.

Passed course:

• SYKP/SYKP1000 Theoretical Foundations of Nursing/Fundamentals of Nursing 1, 13 credits
• SYKK/SYKP1100 Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, 12 credits
• SYKK/SYKP1200 Microbiology and Infection Control, 5 credits
• SYKK/SYKP1300 Pharmacology and Drug Administration, 5 credits
• SYKK/SYKP1400 Diseases and Health Deficits, 10 credits
• SYKK/SYKPPRA10 The Fundamentals of Nursing/2, 15 credits
• SYKK/SYKPPRA20 Nursing Patients with Acute, Critical and Chronic Diseases, 20 credits
• SYKK/SYKPPRA30K Decision-making in Nursing and Patient Safety/Nursing Patients with Acute, Critical and Chronic Diseases 2, 10 credits

or equivalent.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge

The student

• can discuss the nurse’s role in health promoting work and (re)habilitation enterprises for different age groups
• can explain the terms everyday rehabilitation and (re)habilitation at home
• can explain the nursing of children with lasting health challenges and their families
• can discuss health counselling at the individual, group, and social level

Skills

The student is capable of

• adapting and integrating theoretical and practical knowledge of the nurse's rehabilitating and health promoting function to promote the best possible functional level, well-being and quality of life for the individual, in cooperation with other health professions
• identifying persons with a high risk of functional impairment early enough to implement measures
• planning and carrying out nursing measures to ensure the safe transfer of patients between different units and levels of the municipal health service planning and carrying out nursing for patients in the last phase of life and following up next-of-kin and those left behind

Competence

The student is capable of

• critically reflecting (professional, ethical, and legal) on how information, communication and welfare technology can strengthen the municipality’s services
• exploring what a lack of activity and unmet psychosocial needs can lead to over time, and discussing how new measures can strengthen the traditional services provided
• discussing his/her own professional role in an interprofessional context and initiating and contributing to interprofessional and intersectoral cooperation
• communicating and sharing experiences related to central subject matter such as theories, problems, and solutions, both in writing and orally
• reflecting on ethical perspectives when nursing is carried out in private homes
• engaging in new thinking and innovation processes through project work and taking the initiative to quality improvement and implementation of new work methods
• discussing cultural sensitivity and reflecting on the significance of cultural understanding in nursing practice, quality, and patient safety in the patients' homes
• using technology and digital solutions to support patients’ and next-of-kin's resources, mastering possibilities and participation

The following must have been completed and approved in order for a student to take the exam:

• participation at workshops and calculation groups, compulsory attendance of 80 %
• simulation in drug administrations, take place in SF-unit, one day
• reflection assignment based on the simulation with a scope of 1,000 words (+/- 10%).
• multiple choice assignment, qualifying arithmetic problems (100% correct) in the form of multiple choice questions within a set time before the exam.

Supervised individual written national exam

• In drug calculations
• 3 hours
• To pass the exam, the student must submit a faultless answer paper

The assessment takes its point of departure in given criteria based on learning outcomes for the course, assessment criteria, the continuous assessment, the suitability assessment and compulsory activities carried throughout the practical training. Students’ practical training can only be assessed if their attendance is sufficiently high (90%). For more information, see the general part of the programme description about the assessment of practical training.

If the student has failed the practical training, the whole practical training course must be retaken. This includes associated requirements.

Pass/fail.

Two internal examiners.

Pass/fail.