NUR 268B Drug Therapy & Nursing Implications
Builds on the knowledge acquired in NUR 268A and continues to focus on nursing management, critical thinking, and safety with regard to medication therapy. Includes the topics of: pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, specific drug therapies, interactions of the drug groups which are applicable to the content provided in NUR 102A. Uses drugs lists for each major category of drugs to direct learning for drug action, safe dosage, side effects, drug interactions, adverse reactions and nursing implications.
Prerequisite
Prerequisite: NUR 268A Drug Therapy and Nursing Implications with a grade of C or better.
Offered
Offered Winter 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: Identify appropriate targeted screening assessments. Psychosocial Integrity: Identify factors contributing to a therapeutic environment. Basic Care and Comfort: Assess the need to provide nutritional support and education. Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies: Evaluate and document the client’s use and response to medications studied this term. Reduction of Risk Potential: Identify focused assessments associated with medications studied. Physiological Adaptation: Recognize signs and symptoms of complications associated with medications and identify appropriate interventions.
Professional Engagement: Participate in collaborative practice about medication-related issues.