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NCM 106 Course Outline

This nursing pharmacology course outline covers topics for the midterm and final term. The midterm topics include fundamental pharmacology concepts like drug definitions, classifications, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and factors influencing drug responses. It also covers the nursing process as applied to pharmacology, including assessment, planning, intervention, education, and evaluation of drug administration. The final term topics cover drugs affecting various body systems and appropriate communication techniques. It concludes with discussions of institutional drug administration policies, interprofessional practice, current trends, and relating pharmacology to Filipino culture.

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NCM 106 Course Outline

This nursing pharmacology course outline covers topics for the midterm and final term. The midterm topics include fundamental pharmacology concepts like drug definitions, classifications, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and factors influencing drug responses. It also covers the nursing process as applied to pharmacology, including assessment, planning, intervention, education, and evaluation of drug administration. The final term topics cover drugs affecting various body systems and appropriate communication techniques. It concludes with discussions of institutional drug administration policies, interprofessional practice, current trends, and relating pharmacology to Filipino culture.

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NURSING PHARMACOLOGY (NCM 106) COURSE OUTLINE

Midterm Topics

Fundamental Concepts of Pharmacology


A. Drug Definitions and Classification
B. Drug standards and Drug information
C. Pharmacodynamics
a. Therapeutic Index and Drug Safety
b. Graded Drug Responses Relationship and Therapeutic Response
c. Potency and Efficacy
d. Cellular Receptors and Drug Action
e. Types of Drug Receptor Interactions
D. Pharmacokinetics (LADME)
a. Liberation
b. Absorption
c. Distribution
d. Metabolism (Biotransformation)
e. Excretion
E. Factors influencing responses to drugs
F. Drug legislation on Controlled Substances
G. Generic Drugs, Orphan drugs, Over-the-counter drugs

Nursing Process in Pharmacology

A. Assessment
a. Drug history
B. Planning
C. Intervention
a. Drug administration
b. Medication orders
c. Medication safety
d. Seven rights
e. Dosage calculation
D. Client Education
E. Evaluation
F. Recording and Reporting
Final Term Topics

Drugs Affecting the Body System


A. Central Nervous System: Autonomic and Peripheral Nervous System
B. Cardiovascular System
C. Respiratory System
D. Gastrointestinal System
E. Endocrine System
F. Renal System
G. Other Drugs
a. Chemotherapeutic Agents
b. Immune System
c. Ophthalmic and Otologic Drugs
d. Dietary Supplements
e. Herbal Medicine Plants approved by DOH

Appropriate communication techniques on the Pharmacodynamics/Pharmacokinetics of Specific


Drugs Prescribed to Clients

Institutional Policies and Guidelines on Safe Drug Administration

Inter-professional Practice Related to Pharmacology

Current trends and clinical Alerts in Nursing Pharmacology

Filipino Culture, Values, and Practice in Relation to Drug Administration


A. New Technologies Relate to Drug Administration
B. Internet Information
a. Government Site
b. Nursing and Health Care Site

Nursing Core Values as Applied in Pharmacology


Drug Study Format

Mechanism of Indication/ Side Effects/ Nursing


Drug
Action (MOA) Contraindication Adverse Effects Responsibilities
Generic name: *patient’s rights
*drug-specific
Brand name: responsibilities:
what to monitor
for and possible
Classification: nursing
intervention for
Dosage: side/adverse
Frequency: effects
Route:

Illustration of the
drug:

OVERVIEW OF LECTURE DATES

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