Advanced Pharmacology

Catalog description

This course will focus on the application of advanced pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics for common conditions across the lifespan. Essential content includes principles of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacogenomics and therapeutics. Clinical decisions congruent with effective prescribing are emphasized, including integrating the ethical, legal, cost-benefits, and social determinants of health for pharmacological and related therapeutic interventions. This course is designed to build on diagnostic reasoning and prior pharmacology study of the actions and effects of drugs on the human system. (RN licensure and practice recommended.) Prereq: Enrolled in MSN, DNP or PhD Nursing program.