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NURS 3365 - Placement in Curriculum: Sophomore Year

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3365. PHARMACOLOGY IN NURSING PRACTICE (3-0) 3 hours credit. Introduction to current concepts of pharmacology and their relationship to nursing practice. Included are basic principles of drug actions, side effects for major drug classifications, and the role of the nurse in drug therapeutics. Prerequisite: BIOL 2457, 2458, CHEM 1451.

Course Objectives:  

1.  Identify common alternative healing practices which could potentially interfere with drug therapy.

2.  Classify data pertaining to pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.

3.  Incorporate knowledge of medications to plan care for patients receiving medications.

4.   Determine if medications are safe to administer based on assessment data.

5.   Describe the relationship between drug actions, interactions, side effects, dosage, and anticipated effects for selected pharmacotherapeutic agents and drug classifications.

6.   Judge if legal and ethical standards are correctly used, given case studies related to drug therapy.

7.   Identify information about medications which need to be communicated to the person and/or health professionals.

8.   Describe comprehensive, efficient, and cost-effective drug therapy.

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