Advanced Pharmacology

Catalog description

The course focuses on concepts, principles, and application of pharmacology and relevant pharmacotherapeutics used by advanced practice nurses and other healthcare providers in the management of common disease states. Emphasis is placed on the action, absorption, metabolism, excretion, and adverse reactions of the major classes of medications used in clinical practice. Considerations that affect disease state management across the lifespan (i.e., pediatrics, adolescents, young adults, adults, pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and older adults) are included.