Pharmacology for Acute Care Nurse Practitioners

Catalog description

Principles of clinical pharmacology as applied to management of complex acute, critical, and chronically ill adult and older adult patients. NURS 865 Pharmacology for Acute Care Nurse Practitioners (1) This course focuses on pharmacologic therapies specific to critically ill adult and older adult patients. Emphasis is placed on proper prescribing regimens and monitoring in critical illness. This course is designed to be taken concurrently with Pharmacologic Therapy (NURS 504) and is required for the Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Option within the Master of Science degree with a major in Nursing.