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Nov 12, 2024
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NURS 1130 - Nursing Pharmacology: ADN
Gain knowledge about medication therapy that will assist the nursing student to make sound nursing judgments associated with medication therapy. Basic principles of drug administration using critical thinking, caring behaviors, safety and infection control principles will enable the student to provide effective medication therapy to clients of all ages. Includes the use of specific medication classes and prototypes of the class and the actions of those drugs, their side effects, adverse reactions, and drug interactions.
Requisites: NURS 1110 and BIOS 1300 and CHEM 1210 concurrent
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Course Transferability: CTAG Course: CTADNUR002 AD Registered Nursing Programs, CTAG Course: CTPNNUR001 Practical Nurse Programs
College Credit Plus: Level 1
Learning Outcomes: - Apply knowledge of specific drug classes and specific drugs regarding adverse effect/contraindications and side effects.
- Assess cultural factors that may impact the client’s plan of nursing care and physiological response to medications and the role culture plays in client education.
- Compare and contrast physiological responses to medication therapy including age specific differences in medication regimens.
- Discuss knowledge of pharmacological interactions.
- Discuss professional standards for error and injury prevention for the client of any age and for health personnel, including knowledge of safe medication administration, medication errors and reporting of such error.
- Relate and interpret steps of the nursing process to facilitate the management of safe and effective care for the client of any age pertaining to medication therapy.
- Relate knowledge of pharmacological medication classification and specific actions.
- Utilize critical thinking to identify and discuss the needs of the client of any age as pertaining to medication therapy.
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