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Nov 21, 2024
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NU 316 - Pathophysiology & Pharmacology I
Credit(s): 3
This course is the first of two sequential courses designed to provide nursing students with a sound basis in common pathophysiologic conditions of the human body and to introduce pharmacologic concepts to enhance sound decision making, therapeutic interventions, and critical thinking. This course will build central concepts of cellular and tissue dysfunction as well as principles of pharmacology, including pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Emphasis will be placed on the processes within the body that result in signs and symptoms of disease and the effects on physical well-being in conjunction with the pharmacologic properties of major drug classifications and significant individual drugs affecting the initial organs and body systems covered in this course. The focus will be on understanding therapeutic uses, mechanism of action, interaction and adverse drug effects within the context of the pathophysiology. This course covers the topics of fluids, electrolytes, edema, cellular injury, inflammation, infection, genetics & genomics, hemostasis, shock, and the following body systems: neurologic, endocrine, and digestive.
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