NU 2820 - Pharmacology II

• Identify mechanisms of action, therapeutic indications, and expected responses of antimicrobial drugs, drugs that affect the respiratory, endocrine, gastrointestinal, and central nervous systems, and drugs affecting men and women’s health (Level 2, Nursing Care)
• Use core drug knowledge and critical thinking in conjunction with the nursing process to demonstrate safe administration of medications and methods to evaluate effectiveness of drug therapy within laboratory setting (Level 2, Critical Thinking)
• Apply the nursing process to medication management including demonstration of safe medication administration and evaluation of client responses to pharmacological interventions within simulated medication administration scenarios (Level 2, Nursing Care and Critical Thinking)
• Use effective communication skills and knowledge of adverse effects profile to monitor drug safety and educate clients about antimicrobial drugs, drugs that affect the respiratory, endocrine, gastrointestinal, and central nervous systems, and drugs affecting men and women’s health (Level 2, Communication)    
• Accept personal responsibility and participate in own development toward the role of the professional nurse through acts of integrity, mutual respect, and actively seeking out opportunities to learn (Level 2, Professional Role)
• Use current and reliable sources to maintain and update one’s knowledge of drugs over the course of a nursing career (Level 2, Evidence-Based Practice)

• None

• Chemotherapy of infectious agents
• Gastrointestinal tract drugs
• Endocrine drugs
• Diabetes management drugs
• Neurodegenerative drugs
• Anesthetic and pain management
• Neurologic drugs
• Drug abuse treatment drugs
• Psychiatric drugs
• Respiratory tracts drugs
• Bone and joint disorder drugs
• Women’s health drugs
• Men’s health drugs

• Oral medication administration
• Injectable and transdermal medication administration
• Eye and ear medication administration
• Individual student practice of medication administration
• Blood sugar monitoring and insulin administration
• Pain management and nursing process
• Anticoagulant therapy management
• Metered dose inhaler and respiratory management