Pharmacotherapeutics for Nursing Care

Catalog description

This course develops the student’s knowledge of the nurse’s role and responsibilities in drug therapy based on the application of concepts from nursing and pharmacology sciences. Legal, ethical, and life span considerations will be presented as they apply to the nurse’s role in drug therapy. Employment of quality and safety standards are implemented throughout the course to reduce risk of harm to patients. The student will have the opportunity to study groups of drugs using a structured, systematic approach that includes general principles of drug activity, major actions, therapeutic effects, and adverse reactions. The student will learn to apply the nursing process to the care of the patient receiving drugs in a variety of clinical situations.