2.00 Credits
Introduces student to basic pharmacology which pervades all phases of nursing practice and related directly to patient care and patient education. Course introduces student to major classifications of medications with their concurrent mechanisms of actions, side effects, client education and nursing implications. Care of clients throughout the lifespan is emphasized. Course also includes basic dosages and solutions calculations that are utilized by the provider of nursing care. Two lecture hours each week. (Co-requisites NURS 1010/1014, BIOL 2210/2211, ENGL 1010).