NURS 224 — Nursing Pharmacology
Units: 3 Lecture Hours: 54 Lab Hours: 0 Outside Hours: 108 Grading Method: Letter Credit Status: Credit, degree applicable Conditions of Enrollment: Prerequisite: NURS 143, NURS 144 and NURS 146 with a minimum grade of C Enrollment Limitation: Students must be admitted to the Nursing Program 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.