Applied Pharmacology (NUR 1410)

Term: 2011 Summer Semester

Faculty

Lana L JinkersonShow MyInfo popup for Lana L Jinkerson

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Description

Prerequisite: Successful completion of all courses in the first and second trimester, and sequential Practical Nursing program courses, with a minimum grade of C.
Intended to complete the pharmaceutical education started in first trimester Basic Pharmacology for beginning nurse generalists. Discussion includes the various drug classifications, profiles of drugs within each classification, their pharmacokinetics, physiological conditions for which they may be prescribed, their mechanisms of action, therapeutic effects, adverse/side effects, dosages, contraindications, toxicity/management of overdose, interactions, and the nursing process, including client teaching, for planning care for clients receiving agents within these classifications. These chapters are taught in tandem with the various medical-surgical topics included in Medical-Surgical nursing to enhance correlation of drug therapy with conditions of body systems. A clinical rotation for medication administration is included.