NU 607 - Advanced Pharmacology

• Assignments: Varied throughout the term
• Interactivity: Discussion Boards
• Final Assessment: None

• Uses ethical principles when making decisions regarding pharmacological intervention as part of the patient plan of care.
• As a healthcare leader, develops and communicates comprehensive and appropriate patient education concerning drug regimens, side effects, interactions with – other prescription and/or nonprescription drugs, herbal preparations and food supplements.
• Examine how principles of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacogenomics and pharmacoeconomics influence pharmacological therapeutics.
• Discuss the need for community resources, patient education, and adherence to therapy within various cultures.
• Evaluate safety factors for the efficacious use of pharmacological agents in the context of disease and health states, lifespan, culture and gender.
• Analyze pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic characteristics such as indications, contraindications, mechanism of action, therapeutic effects, clinical response, adverse effects and toxicity of major drug categories.
• Correlate the pathophysiology of a disease with the therapeutic action of an intervention.
• Synthesize and apply evidence-based guidelines and research findings in the pharmacologic management of major health problems.