Description
The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to clinical therapy with emphasis on the knowledge needed to maximize therapeutic effects and prevent or minimize adverse effects of drugs. Major content areas include groups of therapeutic drugs, prototypes of drug groups, commonly prescribed individual drugs, effects on body tissues, human responses to drug therapy, in terms of pattern manifestation and applying assessment and evaluation, in relation to prescribed drug therapy regimens. Prerequisite: Admission to the Practical Nursing Program, 'C' or better in BIOL-213, NURS-101, NURS-114, and HLTH-140 and 'P' in NURS-102. To progress in the program, the student must maintain a grade of a 'C' or better in BIOL-213, NURS-101, NURS-114 and HLTH-140 and 'P' or better in NURS-102.