Pharmacology: Introduction for Nurses
Curriculum guideline
Lecture: 4 hours/week
Faculty will facilitate the student’s integration of nursing theory and promote development of critical inquiry, clinical reasoning, and judgement through learning activities such as lectures, group discussions, client-based scenarios, and electronic resource use.
Course content:
- Fundamental principles of pharmacology
- Medication administration including standards of safe medication practice
- Scope of nursing practice in medication administration
- Pharmacology and the nurse-client relationship, including cultural context and client perspectives
- Systems approach to pharmacological management using the nursing process, including considerations for individual differences across the lifespan
- Patient and family teaching
- Alternative and complementary therapies
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Integrate principles of safe medication administration for nursing practice.
- Relate fundamental principles of pharmacology to various health conditions using the nursing process.
- Differentiate the collaborative roles of the nurse, pharmacist and healthcare prescriber in medication management, emphasizing interprofessional communication and patient safety.
- Apply pharmacological principles and evidence-informed practices to ensure safe medication administration across patient populations.
- Apply medication classifications, their therapeutic effects, and potential adverse reactions to inform clinical decision-making.
- Explain the implications of non-prescribed products and their potential safety implications.
This is a graded course, and the means of assessment are consistent with the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøÆØÒ»Çø¶þÇø Evaluation Policy. The instructor’s course outline will be available to students by the first day of class and list the evaluative components of the course.
The instructor's course outline will be available to students by the first class and lists the required textbooks and materials that students must purchase.
Students in the BSN program are required to maintain a passing grade of 65% (C+) in all courses in order to progress in the program.
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