NURS 3002 - Pharmacology I

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MidAmerica Nazarene University

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Description:

Part one of a two-part series that is designed to introduce basic pharmacology principles and how they relate to health and illness. Emphasis will be placed upon drugs for anesthesia, neuromuscular blockade, and pain; drugs for fluid and electrolyte imbalances; drugs for infectious diseases; drugs for anemia and hematopoietic and thrombopoietic growth factors; drugs that affect the gastrointestinal system; chemotherapeutic agents; anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, and immunologic drugs. For these drugs, students will be challenged to investigate, process, and apply information, including: generic/trade names and clinical uses; basic mechanisms of action(s), side effects, contraindications, and interactions; parameters for safe administration, and evaluation of drug effectiveness and adverse/toxic effects. This course is part one of a two-part course series, to run consecutively from the fall semester (part one) to the spring semester (part two). Prerequisite: Admission to the nursing major or consent of instructor. Level II. Fall.

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2.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.mnu.edu

Phone Number:

(913) 782-3750

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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