PHAR 3203 - Nursing Pharmacology

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 3 Lecture
Offered: Fall, Spring

Forms a knowledge base for pharmacotherapeutics, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics related to client care and education. Students will understand major drug classifications, purpose, and function by studying prototypes; combine pharmacotherapy with pathophysiology to understand diseases, prevention measures, lifestyle modification factors, treatment options, and health promotion related to pharmacological agents and evidence-based nursing for client teaching, medication administration, and monitoring.

Prerequisite: HLTH 3103 - Pathophysiology.
Prerequisite or Corequisite: NURS 2202 Nursing Math, NURS 3165 Health Assessment, and NURS 3225 Nursing Fundamentals