NURSPT 21 Pharmacology II

Units: 1.5
Prerequisites: NURSPT 20 Pharmacology I with a grade of “C” or better.
This course provides psychiatric technician students with drug information that includes pharmacotherapeutics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, contraindications and precautions, adverse effects, and drug interactions, as well as client variables such as health status, life span, diet, lifestyle and habits, environment, and culture in relationship to drug therapy. Emphasis is placed on nursing responsibilities, such as maximizing therapeutic drug effects and minimizing adverse effects of drug therapy, appropriate client and family teaching, and ongoing assessment of the client. Opioid analgesics, anxiolytics, sedatives, hypnotics, anti-microbials, Anti-diabetics, and gastrointestinal, respiratory, Cardiovascular and Renal Medications are highlighted. (CSU)