NURS 224 - Nursing Pharmacology

3 units
3 hours lecture
Prerequisite: NURS 143 and NURS 144 and NURS 146 and MEDT 1 with a minimum grade of C in all prerequisites
Enrollment Limitation: Students must be admitted into the Nursing Program.
Credit, degree applicable
Transfer CSU

This course provides instruction from basic to advanced concepts and principles of pharmacology for nursing students. The knowledge and intervention needed to maximize therapeutic effects and prevent or minimize adverse effects of drugs will be emphasized. Major content areas will include advanced pharmacological principles, major drug classification, selected individual drugs, drug effects on body tissues, human responses to drug therapy, and the application of the nursing process. Anatomy, physiology, and microbiology concepts will be correlated with various pathologies, emphasizing the effects of drug therapy on body systems. Students will learn how to develop and present patient teaching plans. Legal and ethical issues will also be discussed.