In all contexts of care, nurses require sophisticated knowledge about medicines and their administration. In this unit, which forms part of the Parallel Nursing Studies cluster, students’ knowledge of safe administration of medicines for all patient groups and range of contexts will be extended. Students will further their knowledge of broad drug classes, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and the quality use of medications in health care. In particular, salient points for each broad drug class with reference to the use of these medications will be explored. The main focus in this unit will be to prepare students with the necessary knowledge and skill to manage medications including... -- Course Website
Instructor: Trimester 1: M Owen (S) Trimester 2: V Brotto (B), J Pearce (S)
Prerequisites: HBS109, HNN114 and HNN122 or for students enrolled in S323 Bachelor of Biomedical Science HBS109, SLE115 and SLE211
