Jul 04, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

NURS 1231 - Pharmacology II


Focuses on the use of specific medication classes and prototypes of the class and the actions of those drugs, their side effects, adverse reactions, and drug interactions.

Requisites: NURS 1111, 1112, 1131, BIOS 1300, and CFS 2710
Credit Hours: 2
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to apply evidence-based clinical reasoning to the administration of medications to patients across the lifespan.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate safety principles in the performance of medication administration.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate accurate medication dosage calculation.
  • Students will be able to examine the impact of psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, and individual physiological differences on select classes of medication.
  • Students will be able to apply the nursing process to the administration of select classifications of medications to patients with health alterations.
  • Students will be able to choose the resources necessary to teach patients and/or caregivers medication profile information for select medications.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate effective communication regarding medication administration and medication profile information with patients, caregiver(s), members of the community, and members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate professional behavior in the classroom setting.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate the nurse’s legal, ethical, and professional standards of care.


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