RNSG-1301 Pharmacology

Introduction to the science of pharmacology with emphasis on the actions, interactions, adverse effects, and nursing implications of drug classifications. Content includes the roles and responsibilities of the nurse in safe administration of medications within a legal/ethical framework. This course lends itself to either a blocked or integrated approach. Lec 3, Cr 3

Credits

3

Prerequisite

RNSG-1205, RNSG-1215, RNSG-1413, RNSG-1160

Outcomes

  1. Identify the roles and responsibilities of the professional nurse in administering pharmacological agents.
  2. Explain the safe utilization of medications.
  3. Explain clinical reasoning and knowledge and evidence-based practice outcomes as a basis for decision making in nursing practice.
  4. Describe age-related, social, cultural, ethnic and situational variations in data that can be expected to be found when assessing the physical and mental status of a patient.
  5. Explain assessment data to identify problems, formulate goals/outcomes, and develop plans of care for patients and their families using information from evidence-based practice in collaboration with patients, their families, and the interdisciplinary heath care team.
  6. Describe the basic effective communication techniques used by the nurse; the legal, ethical, and regulatory parameters that govern the nurse when performing pharmacologic interventions and evaluations.
  7. Explain how the nurse can implement measure to promote quality and a safe environment for clients, self and others, when providing pharmacologic management for a various common health care disorders.
  8. Examine how the nurse formulates goals and outcomes using evidence-based data to reduce safety risks for clients receiving pharmacologic management.
  9. Explain how the nurse coordinates, collaborates and communicates with clients and their families, and the interdisciplinary team to plan, deliver, and evaluate patient-centered care in relation to pharmacologic management.
  10. Explain how the nurse functions within the nurse's legal scope of practice an in accordance with the policies and procedures of the employing health care institution or practice setting.
  11. Describe the nurse's responsibility and accountability for providing quality health care to clients and their families receiving pharmacological interventions.