Nursing
NRSG 2350: Integrated Pathophysiology and Pharmaceutical Interventions for Nursing Practice
Lecture - 6 credits
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- Provides the fundamentals of pharmacology and pathophysiology for nursing students.
- Focuses on the disruption of physiological processes that produce disease states and the use of drugs to prevent or ameliorate these disruptions.
- Discusses pathophysiologic concepts from a systems approach and includes alterations in cellular growth and proliferation and immune, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, integumentary, musculoskeletal, reproductive, neurological, hematologic, sensory, and endocrine function.
- Presents major drug classifications used to treat common medical disorders.
- Examines the indications, mechanism of action, drug metabolism, and adverse effects.
- Discusses the application of pharmacologic therapies as well as relevant nonpharmacologic interventions.
- Also considers the influence of genetics, environmental factors, and life span considerations.
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