Demonstration of Competence in Administering Medication and Resuscitating a Patient (1cr)

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- shows his/her competence in medication, medical calculation and resuscitation.

Content (course unit)

- skill test in resuscitation
- test in medication, pharmacology and medical calculation

Prerequisites (course unit)

Prerequisites for course Demonstration of Competence in Administering Medication and Resuscitating a Patient:
Participation in all middle stage`s nursing care courses. The course is completed in the final phase of the middle stage studies.

Location and time

The course (exams and skills test) between 29.9.-13.12.2020
Part 1:Skills test: resuscitation (self-practice and test in class room P3-14. Separate instructions given during orientation lecture and in TuniMoodle.
Part 2 ja 3: Pharmacoterapy exam (online) and medical calculations online test. In Exam (book the time)

Exam schedules

To be updated before the orientation lecture
Pharmacotherapy online exam and medical calculations online test in Exam. The exams will open xxx. The first attempts should be done by xxx.
The student needs to take the first attempt in the first exams, then if needed, there will be two retake possibilities in both exams.
Retakes in Exam (the teacher will send the times and links for enrollments later).
You will find more instructions from TuniMoodle (related to this course).
Demonstration of Competence in Resuscitating a patient: You will find more detailed instructions from TuniMoodle. The timeframe for skills test is 29.9.-13.12. You should perform the test, take pictures of your test results (6) and add them in a designated platform in TuniMoodle course (this needs to be done by 13.12.2020).

Assessment methods and criteria

Part 1. Demonstration of Competence in Resuscitation a Patient
-To get this part accepted/passed you need to practice independently and do the resuscitation tests (compressions and ventilation) using Skills station "doll" fund in Kuntokatu 4, P3-14. You must reach minimum 85%. Instruction slides in TuniMoodle. Evaluation pass/fail.
Part 2. Pharmacotherapy online exam
Maximum points 100, the student need to have 70points to pass the exam. Evaluation pass/fail.
Part 3. Medical calculations online test
All the calculations must be 100% correct. Evaluation pass/fail.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

Independent study, independent practice, pharmacotherapy and medical calcucations online exam/test in Exam

Learning materials

Part 1: Revise: Resuscitation guidelines from Medical Nursing course or other reliable references (Käypä Hoito suositus)
Part 2: All material related to pharmacotherapy and medical calculations in all courses during 1.-2. years' studies.
Most emphasis on the course literature and recommended literature from courses Pharmacotherapy and Medical Calculations and Pharmacology.
Medicine Management Skills for Nurses : Student Survival Skills (e-book). 2013. by Claire Boyd
pages 1-177.
Calculation skills for nurses (e-book). 2013. Boyd, Claire.

Recommended literature:
Downie,Mackenzie, Williams & Hind.Pharmacology and Medicines Management for Nurses.2008.
Gatford & Phillips. Nursing Calculations. 2006.
Karch. Focus on Nursing Pharmacology. 2011.

Pharmacology:
Lecture material (assignments and slides)
Pharmacology: Brenner, G. M., Stevens, C. W. & Brenner, G. M. (2018). Pharmacology (Fifth edition.). Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier. (https://tuni.finna.fi/Record/tamcat.1039639)

Student workload

Demonstration of Competence in Administering Medication and Resuscitating a Patient 1 ECTS, 27 hours of student's work.
Part 1: Resuscitation a patient: skills test/demonstration of competence. 0 ECTS
Part 2: Pharmacotherapy 1 ECTS
Part 3: Medication calculations online test 0 op

Content scheduling

Demonstration of Competence in Resuscitating a Patient
Demonstration of Competence in Administering Medication
Demonstration of Competence in Mecical Calculations

Completion alternatives

None

Further information

All instructions can be found in TuniMoodle course (resuscitation, online exam and test).
Part 1. Demonstration of Competence in Resuscitating a Patient. Screenshots of pictures (6) of the resuscitation certificates to be returned in TuniMoodle, designated platform.
Part 2. Pharmacotherapy online exam
There can be true-false, multiple choice, combining words, open-ended questions. Multiple choice questions: wrong answers will deduct points from total points.
Maximum points 100, the student will need to have 70 points to pass the exam.
Exam time 60 minutes.
Part 3. Medical calculations online test
5 calculations
All the calculations must be 100% correct, you can use calculator.
Exam time 45 minutes.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Part 1. Demonstration of Competence in Resuscitation a Patient
-To get this part accepted/passed you need to practice independently and do the resuscitation tests (compressions and ventilation) using Skills station "doll" fund in Kuntokatu 4, P3-14. You must reach minimum 85%. Instruction slides in TuniMoodle. Evaluation pass/fail.
Part 2. Pharmacotherapy online exam
Maximum points 100, the student need to have 70points to pass the exam. Evaluation pass/fail.
Part 3. Medical calculations online test
All the calculations must be 100% correct. Evaluation pass/fail.