SYKP1310B Administration of Medicine Course description

This course introduces students to basic 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. The theme will be continued in the second and third years of study.

Admission to the programme.

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

Knowledge

The student

• can describe an account of key terms in drug handling
• can describe the procedure for handling drugs from the drug is prescribed until taken it or it has been disposed of
• describe generic drug substitution and applying the Norwegian Medicines Agency's substitution list or local substitution list
• referring to relevant legislation and regulations for the use of drugs, including regulation for documentation, handling of non-conformities and disposal

Skills

The student

• can carry out independent and faultless calculations of drug dosages, quantities and strengths using different methods of administration
• can assess and checking their own and other people’s calculations
• can usiereference works such as Felleskatalogen and Legemiddelhåndboka

General competence

The student

• has knowledge of and understanding of the connection between proper drug handling and patient safety

Self-study, lectures, work on assignments in groups at workshop. Digital learning activities. Simulation in drug calculations and drug administration at the SF-unit.

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

• Simulation in drug administrations.
• Multiple choice assignment, qualifying arithmetic problems (100 % correct).

In this course, students will further develop their knowledge of people’s fundamental needs and resources. Reactions, experiences and signs of health deficits are key aspects of the course. Students must develop skills in observing and assess patients’ fundamental needs and resources in clinical practice. Students will also gain experience of communicating with patients and their next-of-kin.

Admission to the programme.

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

Knowledge

The student

• explain normal ageing processes
• describe how people's needs change with age and in connection with health deficits
• describe people's reactions in the event of crises and loss
• describe how to address fundamental needs and dignity in patients with extensive needs
• is familiar with patient records and how to keep records as a nurse
• is familiar with the role of nurses and other relevant professions in the field of practice

Skills

The student

• can assess deficit in patients’ own care resources and observe, assess and implement appropriate measures to relieve complaints and compensate for personal care deficits
• can describe and implement person-centred nursing to take care of the fundamental needs and resources
• can apply and justify hygiene principles
• can document, under supervision, nursing in the unit’s documentation system
• can communicate with patients and next-of-kin about their experiences
• can reflect on ethical difficulty situations by applying the SME model (systematic model for ethical reflection)
• can describe symptoms and signs that death is imminent and reflecting on death as a phenomenon

General competence

The student

• can integrate knowledge from relevant subjects when discussing the nursing discipline, based on the steps in evidence-based practice (EBP)
• can apply professional ethical guidelines for nurses
• can communicate and interact with patients, next-of-kin and other service providers based on respect, co-determination and integrity
• can understand what it means to be in need of help and dependent on others
• can reflect on power and dependency in the relationship between nurse and patient
• can reflect on his/her own communication and behaviour when dealing with patients, staff and fellow students
• can demonstrate accuracy and reliability in the performance of work related to practice
• can take initiative and show responsibility in planning and carrying out own practice in meetings with patients, next-of-kin and colleagues

Practical training consists of both practical training, activities along the way and supervised practical training that takes place during the practical training period. The practical training period (7 weeks) in the municipal health service takes place preferably in a nursing home supervised by a practical training supervisor and contact teacher. Other practical training and activities (3 weeks) can be, simulation and skills training, lectures and seminars with a contact teacher where relevant topics based on the learning outcomes are highlighted.

• 2 ECTS overlap with SYKK/SYKP1300 Pharmacology and Administration of Medicine, 5 ECTS.
• SYKK1310, SYKP1310, SYKD1310 and SKOMP1100 are fully overlapping.