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COURSE NUMBER
ADN074
TITLE
SEM CR HRS 1.00
LT HRS
1.00
Pharmacology II
LAB HRS
0.00
SOE HRS
0.00
ECH
1.00
(Assigned by Administration)
COURSE PCS#
Prerequisites: Currently enrolled in ADN 076 and successful completion of Pharmacology I
Catalog Description (40 Word Limit): Continuation of ADN 053. Building upon previous
knowledge, the nursing process is utilized to apply pharmacology concepts for patients with
increasingly complex health conditions.
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Unit 1 Nursing process and drugs that affect nutrition
2
Unit 2 Nursing process and drugs that affect elimination
2
Unit 3 Nursing process and drugs that affect sexuality
1
Unit 4 Nursing process and drugs that affect women’s health
2
Unit 5 Nursing process and drugs that affect reproduction
2
Unit 6 Nursing process and drugs that affect regulation and metabolism 1
Unit 7 Nursing process and drugs that acid base balance
1
Unit 8 Nursing process and drugs that affect skin
1
Unit 9 Nursing process and drugs that affect infection
3
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Title: Pharmacology: A nursing process approach
Author: Kee, J.C., Hayes, E.R., and McCuiston, L.E.
Publisher: St. Louis: Elsevier
Volume/Edition: 8th ed
Copyright Date: 2015
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Major Course Segment
Hours
Learning Outcomes
The Student will be able to:
Unit 1 Nursing process and
drugs that affect nutrition
2
Unit 2 Nursing process and
drugs that affect elimination
2
•Compare the groups of drugs that are urinary
antiseptics and antiinfectives.
•Describe the side effects and adverse reactions to
urinary antiseptics and antiinfectives.
•Explain the actions and side effects of antiemetics,
emetics, antidiarrheals, and laxatives.
•Apply the nursing process for the client taking
antiemetics, antidiarrheals, and laxatives.
•Describe contraindications to the use of
antiemetics, emetics, antidiarrheals, and laxatives.
Unit 3 Nursing process and
drugs that affect sexuality
1
•Understand the causes of infertility in both the
male and female client individual and as a couple
attempting pregnancy.
•Describe the mechanism of action for ovulatory
stimulation therapy.
•Describe the pharmacological intervention for STIs
caused by bacterial agents, viral agents, parasites
and other pathogens.
•Describe the nursing process, including client
teaching, related to drugs used for infertility Explain
potential health-promoting and detrimental effects
of substances ingested by the woman during the
prenatal period.
•Discuss examples of enteral solutions and explain
the differences.
•Describe the complications that may occur with
use of enteral nutrition and parenteral nutrition.
•Discuss the nursing interventions for clients
receiving enteral nutrition and parenteral nutrition
Unit 4 Nursing process and
drugs that affect women’s
health
2
•Describe the nursing process, including health
teaching and risk-benefit-alternative education
associated with medications used for contraception
and family planning.
•Provide up-to-date health information for
nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic interventions
for the woman experiencing menopausal
symptoms.
•Describe the nursing process, including health
teaching and risk-benefit-alternative education
associated with medications used for menopausal
symptoms.
Unit 5 Nursing process and
drugs that affect reproduction
2
•Describe the drugs that alter uterine muscle
contractility.
•Describe drug therapy used during preterm labor to
decrease the incidence or severity of neonatal
respiratory dysfunction.
•Describe the nursing process, including client
teaching, associated with the drugs used during
phases of labor.
•Describe the nursing process associated with the
administration of surfactant therapy for preterm
neonates.
•Discuss the purpose, action, side effects, and
nursing implications of the drugs commonly
administered during the postpartum period.
•Discuss the purpose, action, side effects, and
nursing implications of the drugs administered to
the newborn.
•Describe the nursing process, including client
teaching, related to drugs used during the
postpartum period and drugs administered to the
newborn immediately after delivery.
Unit 6 Nursing process and
drugs that affect regulation and
metabolism
1
•Compare the nursing process, including client
teaching, of drug therapy related to hormonal
replacement or hormonal inhibition for the pituitary,
parathyroid, and adrenal glands.
Unit 7 Nursing process and
drugs that affect acid base
balance
1
•Select a formula—the basic formula, the ratio-andproportion method, fractional equation, or
dimensional analysis—for calculating drug dosages.
•Convert all measures to the same system and
same unit of measure within the system before
calculating drug dosage.
•Calculate drug dosages correctly
•Calculate intravenous flow rate using one of the
given formulas.
Unit 8 Nursing process and
drugs that affect skin
1
•Describe at least three drugs that can cause druginduced dermatitis and their characteristic
symptoms.
•Compare the topical antibacterial agents used to
prevent and treat burn tissue infection.
•Discuss the nursing process, including client
teaching, related to commonly used drugs for
burns.
Unit 9 Nursing process and
drugs that affect infection
3
•Explain the mechanisms of action of antibacterial
drugs.
•Contrast the effects of first-, second-, third-, and
fourth-generation cephalosporins.
•Apply the nursing process for clients receiving
penicillins and cephalosporins.
•Summarize the nurse’s role in detecting ototoxicity
and nephrotoxicity associated with the
administration of aminoglycosides.
•Contrast the nursing interventions for each of the
drug categories: macrolides, tetracyclines,
aminoglycosides, and fluoroquinolones.
•Describe the uses, side effects, and adverse
reactions to all the sulfonamides and cotrimoxazole.
•Explain the pharmacokinetics of sulfonamides.
•Apply the nursing process to the client taking
trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
•Compare the five groups of antifungal drugs.
Course Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be
able to:
1. Outline essential components in planning patient education that will enhance compliance with
the treatment regimen.
2. Interpret baseline data the nurse should collect on a continuous basis for comparison and
evaluation of drug effectiveness.
3. Identify the basic principles of medication action and interactions to make sound nursing
judgments associated with medication therapy.
4. Relate the nursing process to pharmacology.
5. Construct important nursing assessments and interventions associated with the drug therapy.