NURS 1132 - Nursing Pharmacology I

Lec. 1; Cr. 1

Introduces the nursing responsibilities related to pharmacology. Covers standards and legal control of drugs and nursing implications. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drugs are introduced. Review of system measurement and drug calculation to solve problems in pharmacology are covered. Steps of the nursing process are correlated with the study of pharmacology.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1001 /ENGL 1002 ; MATH 1021 ; ZOOL 1011 /ZOOL 1012 ; BIOL 2160 /BIOL 2161 ; BIOL 1011 /BIOL 1012 ; PSYC 2070 ; Grade of C or better in NURS 1000 ; selective admission to the Nursing Program.
Corequisite(s): NURS 1130 and NURS 1135