Applied Pharmacology (NUR 1410)

Term: 2025 Summer Semester

Faculty

Division Chair MAC Allied Health and SciencesShow MyInfo popup for Division Chair MAC Allied Health and Sciences

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Jacquelyn Denise SzalmasagiShow MyInfo popup for Jacquelyn Denise Szalmasagi

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Advisor MAC Allied Health DeptShow MyInfo popup for Advisor MAC Allied Health Dept

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Jessica Dawn ChamberlainShow MyInfo popup for Jessica Dawn Chamberlain

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Jessica M HigginbothamShow MyInfo popup for Jessica M Higginbotham

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Krystal Renee RomaineShow MyInfo popup for Krystal Renee Romaine

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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.