NUR 268A Drug Therapy & Nursing Implications
Focuses on nursing management and critical thinking regarding medication therapy. Introduces safety, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, specific drug therapies, drug interactions and nursing implications. Applies topics to the drug groups\applicable to the content provided in NUR 101A. Uses drug lists for each major category of drugs to direct learning for drug action, safe dosage, side effects, drug interactions, adverse reactions, and nursing implications.
Offered
Offered Fall only
Notes
Career Technical Education (CTE)Course
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Management of Care: Interpret provider orders.
Safety and Infection Control: Verify the appropriateness and accuracy of treatment orders. Health Promotion and Maintenance: Assess the client’s readiness to learn, preferences, and barriers to learning. Psychosocial Integrity: Evaluate the client’s ability to adhere to a treatment plan. Basic Care and Comfort: Assess the need for pain management. Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies: Evaluate and document the client’s use of and response to medications studied. Reduction of Risk Potential: Assess the client for signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia / hyperglycemia. Physiological Adaptation: Identify client data that needs to be reported immediately and may impact medication management. Professional Engagement: Participate in reflective practice.