NSG155 Pharmacology - AAS 35

NSG155  Pharmacology 8 Credit Hours

Pharmacology is designed to give the student an understanding of principles of pharmacology and specific drug groups using the prototypical approach and emphasizing physiological classifications and generic nomenclature.  Discussion of specific physiological drug groups will be organized according to their use in treating alteration in activity-exercise, sleep-rest, elimination, cognitive-perceptual, nutritional-metabolic, and self-perception-self concept dimensions.  The nursing process is applied to the administration of medication, and emphasizes identifying the altered health pattern for which the medication is administered, promoting and monitoring therapeutic effect, observing for and minimizing adverse effects, and evaluating the effectiveness of drug therapy. Drug dosage calculation will be emphasized.  Lab will enhance the student’s ability to apply these principles through hands-on experience with enteral, parenteral, and cutaneous routes.