NURS 317 - EssentialsinClinicalPharmacology/PathologyinNursing

Institution:

Shepherd University

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Description:

The first course in a two-course sequence that presents clinical pharmacology and pathophysiology emphasizing rationales and safe drug administration, relationships of drug mechanisms to disease processes, effects of lifespan on drug therapy, application of nursing research to pharmacologic principles. Alterations in biologic processes that affect the body's homeostasis and various dysfunctions of biologic systems are examined. The rationale for diagnosis and therapeutic interventions is introduced. Prerequisite: NURS 231 or permission of department chair. Corequisites: NURS 311, 313, 315.

Credits:

2.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.SHEPHERD.EDU

Phone Number:

(304) 876-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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