Section outline

  • Welcome to Week 5

    • 5.1 Pharmacology

    • Please watch the following video on how drugs interact with the body and answer the questions throughout


    • Read about Medicines Optimisation and make a list of the different categories of medicines.


    • 5.3 Drug calculations

      This section gives you chance to test your maths knowledge when applying this to drug administration. Accuracy is the key here! Repeat the quiz if you get areas wrong. Try to work out your mistakes and correct them. Good luck!

    • 5.4 Guidelines on medicines management

    • Read the Solent University Policy on Guidelines for student nurses on the management of medicines.

    • Write down 1 thing you are unsure of and post it on the group forum


    • Please complete the following quiz 

      If you get any questions wrong then watch the videos on the Queens University website and attempt more of the questions below the video until you have learnt the method.


    • 5.6 Factors involved in medication error

    • Copy and paste the answer into this forum 

    • 5.6 Netiquette

      In this section we will explore how professionals conduct themselves online