This course provides students with an opportunity to acquire the advanced knowledge required to critically appraise/interpret concepts integral to pharmacotherapy and advanced counseling in the treatment of common conditions seen across the lifespan in primary health care settings. Building upon basic pharmacologic principles and the pharmacologic actions of the major drug classes, learning will focus on the preparation of students to develop, initiate, manage, and evaluate patient-centred therapeutic plans of care. In addition, students will analyze different pharmacotherapeutic principles and approaches in relation to physiologic systems, with an emphasis on the competent application of these pharmaceutical agents. Legal aspects related to prescriptive authority will be fully addressed. A combination of formal lectures, seminars, directed readings, and case studies will be used. LECTURE: 3 hours SEMINAR: 2-3 hours HOURS OF CREDIT: 3 Restriction: Student must be enrolled in the Master of Nursing program, Nurse Practitioner stream. 07-09-2022-07-12-2022 Graduate Studies Wednesday 01:00PM - 04:00PM, Health Sciences Bldg, Room 226
- Teacher: Rianne Carragher