Pharmacotherapy in Nursing

Catalog description

This course, with a component of theory and laboratory skills, introduces the students to the principles of pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and pharmacogenetics in drug therapy. The major classifications of drugs are discussed, with emphas is on actions, adverse reactions, interactions and nursing implications of each classification. Topics of study include skills, responsibilities and the use of nursing process to prepare and administer medications to patients through the life cycle. It con siders the quality and safety standards, the ethical -legal, cultural and patient education in medication administration. The student develops basic skills to calculate doses and apply the techniques necessary for the administration of drugs, safely and accurately through different routes.