Mar 19, 2024  
2020-2021 General Catalog 
    
2020-2021 General Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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PRNU 160:PN Advanced Pharmacology


Credit Hours: 3.5
Lecture hours per week: 3
Lab hours per week: 2

The drug classes and properties of pharmacokinetics for women’s health, pediatrics, and mental health nursing are introduced. Safety regarding drug preparation, administration, documentation and storage of medications through oral, sublingual, buccal, transdermal, intradermal, subcutaneous, and intramuscular routes are discussed and practiced. The role of the practical nurse, legal implications of intravenous (IV) therapy, and equipment and devices used, anatomy and physiology, methods and techniques, infection control measures, complications, and other vital information related to intravenous therapy is discussed. Supervised lab performance is an integral part of this course. Advanced medication calculations will be required to demonstrate knowledge of safe dosing parameters. The nursing process is utilized to assess the patient’s learning needs and effects of all pharmacological interventions. 45 hours lecture, 30 hours lab

Enrollment in the program courses (PRNU) is limited to those students who have been selected and admitted to the program. Program courses are sequenced by semester and must be taken as a group each semester per program requirements and policies.



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