Pharmacology

Catalog description

This is an introductory pharmacology course, which includes an introduction into the professional context of drug administration, study of metric, apothecary, and household systems of measurements. Nursing responsibility and patient safety is included. Completion of this course requires accurate interpretation of doctors' orders, reading medication bottles and calculation of drug dosages and the reason for their application. Common, local, and systemic drugs are studied. Uses, effects, and safe administration of medications are included. Nursing responsibility and client's safety are emphasized. COREQUISITES: LVN 100 and LVN 120