Pharmacology for the Complex Patient

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This course advances the student’s understanding, application, analysis, and evaluation of the professional nursing responsibilities related to pharmacological agents that may be used across the life span to manage health-altering problems. Students discuss subsequent expected outcomes and unexpected effects that may arise in patients as a result of the use of these agents as well as medication error prevention and/or mitigation strategies. Emphasis is placed on pharmacological agents that influence factors associated with the wellness- illness state related to oxygenation, cardiac output, tissue perfusion, digestion, nutrition, elimination, skin integrity, reproduction, cognition, mobility, biophysiological wellness, psychosocial wellness, and neurosensation, as well as metabolism and fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base imbalances. Multiple and complex health alterations within the context of rehabilitation and end-of-life care treatment strategies are also addressed.