Teaching pharmacology to advanced practice nursing students: issues and strategies

A pharmacology course should prepare the advanced practice nursing student to understand the cellular mechanisms of drug action and physiologic outcomes (pharmacodynamics); mechanisms of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs (pharmacokinetics); and the clinical use of drugs in...

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Published inAACN clinical issues Vol. 8; no. 1; p. 132
Main Authors Schwertz, D W, Piano, M R, Kleinpell, R, Johnson, J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.02.1997
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Curriculum
Education, Nursing, Graduate - methods
Humans
Nurse Clinicians - education
Pharmacology - education
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Summary:A pharmacology course should prepare the advanced practice nursing student to understand the cellular mechanisms of drug action and physiologic outcomes (pharmacodynamics); mechanisms of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs (pharmacokinetics); and the clinical use of drugs in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of disease (pharmacotherapeutics). The goal of a pharmacology course for advance nursing practice is to provide practitioners with knowledge that provides a rational basis for pharmacologic management of patients with complex health problems. A pharmacology course should teach the student the principles of pharmacology along with the process of pharmacologic reasoning.
ISSN:1079-0713
DOI:10.1097/00044067-199702000-00017