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Basics of medication and nutrition for social sectorLaajuus (5 cr)

Code: 4_SSLAARA

Credits

5 op

Teaching language

  • Finnish

Responsible person

  • Arja-Sisko Kainulainen

Learning objectives

The student is able to
- identify the significance of nutritional health, threats and psychosocial links - Describe nutritional recommendations and special diets
- analyse the importance of nutrition and a healthy lifestyle to wellbeing
- advise and support clients on nutrition issues
- understand the acts, degrees and other instructions regulating pharmacological treatment and the basis of pharmacological treatment of the most common diseases
- know different pharmaceutical forms, administration routes of medication, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
- implement safe administration of pharmacological treatment

Content

Pharmacological treatment 3 ects and Nutrition 2 ects
- Nutritional recommendations and public health
- Healthy nutrition, special diets, food poisoning, hygienic work practices, personal hygiene and sanitation, own supervision of hygiene and related legislation
- Special nutritional issues in the field of social work
- Acts, degrees and other instructions regulating pharmacological treatment, pharmacological treatment in outpatient and institutional care, pharmacological treatment of people of different ages, pharmaceutical forms and labelling, administration routes, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, appropriate use of medicaments, safety and responsibility in pharmacological treatment, adverse reactions of medicaments, drug calculations

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Enrollment

01.12.2024 - 15.01.2025

Timing

13.01.2025 - 07.05.2025

Credits

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Social Services
Teachers
  • Arja-Sisko Kainulainen
  • Jenna Rintakuusi
Scheduling groups
  • R1/2 (SS22SP, Iisalmi) (Size: 11. Open UAS: 0.)
  • R2/2 (SS23KM, SS23KMR, Kuopio) (Size: 11. Open UAS: 0.)
Student groups
  • SS22SP
    Bachelor of Social Services, Full-time studies (Bachelor's degree)
  • SS23KM
    Bachelor of Social Services, Multi-form studies
  • SS23KMR
    Bachelor of Social Services, Correctional services, Multi-form studies
Education groups
  • R1/2 (SS22SP, Iisalmi)
  • R2/2 (SS23KM, SS23KMR, Kuopio)