Description
This course provides the student with knowledge and skills to assess, diagnose, and pharmacologically manage client's common health problems in a safe, high quality, cost-effective manner. Emphasis is on the analysis of advanced pharmacological and pharmacokinetic principles and the development of therapeutic decision-making in drug selection of the client based on health conditions, individual variations, and economic and cultural concerns. Drugs most commonly used in advanced obstetric/gynecological, neonatal, pediatric, adult, and geriatric nursing practice are stressed. Analysis of selected health problems is integrated with pharmacological and evidence-based practice principles.