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This a Continued Education Course for Medical Professionals.
Pharmacology for Nursing Care
About Course
Four Basic Terms—
- – Drug: any chemical that can affect living processes
- – Pharmacology: the study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
Chemical properties
- Biochemical and physiological effects
- Absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion
- Clinical Pharmacology: study of drugs in humans
- Therapeutics: use of drugs to diagnose, prevent and treat illness
- Nurse must have knowledge of…
- Patient history and drug usage
- What medications are appropriate and be aware of drug interactions (cooperation between doctor, pharmacist and nurse a must)
- Drug actions and look for abnormal effects
- How to be a patient advocate- check for mistakes on part of doctor or pharmacist!!
– Do NOT blindly follow Dr’s orders– THINK and respond to errors [ do not be intimidated
Course Content
Chapter 1
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Definitions
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Properties of Ideal Drug
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Therapeutic Objective
Chapter 2: Application of Pharmacology in Nursing Practice
Chapter 3: Pharmacology and the Nursing Process
Chapter 4: Drug Regulation Legislation, Development, Names and Information
Chapter 5: Pharmacokinetics
Chapter 6: Pharmacodynamics
Chapter 7: Drug-Drug and Drug-Food Interactions
Chapter 8: Adverse Drug Reactions
Chapter 9: Individual Variation in Drug Responses
Chapter 10: Drug therapy during Pregnancy and Breast-Feeding
Chapter 11: Drug Therapy in Pediatric Patients
Chapter 12: Drug Therapy in Geriatric Patients
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