Pharmacology of Nursing

Catalog description

This is a required course for registered nurses that will enhance current knowledge of a broad spectrum of pharmacologic agents. Emphasis is on the administration of drugs using QSEN competencies for safe, effective and therapeutic drug therapy. Drug classifications studied are about safe drug administration, nursing implications and effects and precautions, drug interactions, and the potential for toxicity. Pharmacologic considerations that involve, but are not limited to, the legal, ethical, age, cultural, and risk for dependence are discussed in the current context of our time.