Course Syllabus
COURSE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Discuss factors that affect the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of medications.
- Identify and discuss variables across the lifespan that alter the body’s response to medications: pediatric, pregnancy, and elderly considerations.
- Increased awareness of potential interactions between prescription drugs and over-the-counter drugs, foods, and herbs.
- Utilize appropriate resources to research a drug’s uses, actions, side effects, routes, normal dosing, and prototype.
- Apply the Nursing Process when administering medications for diabetes, pain, sleep, anxiety, and heart failure.
- Apply key components required for safe drug administration: MD order, 5 rights, allergies, 2 identifiers, and documentation
REQUIRED BOOKS:
COURSE SCHEDULE AND POINTS:
| ASSIGNMENT | POINTS | DUE DATE | |
| WEEK 1 | Syllabus Quiz | 7 | By Sunday, April 16th @ 1155pm (on your own) |
| Review Quiz | 15 | Monday, April 17th @ 4pm sharp! | |
| WEEK 2 | Discussion #1 - Dynamics / Kinetics | 7 | Friday, April 21st, @1300pm on Discussion Board |
| Review Instructor Feedback |
by Monday, April 24th |
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| WEEK 3 | Discussion #2 - CHF Drugs | 7 | Friday, April 28th @1300pm on Discussion Board |
| Review Instructor Feedback |
by Monday, May 1st |
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| WEEK 4 | Discussion #3 - Drugs for Diabetes | 7 |
SUNDAY, MAY 7th @ 1100pm on Discussion Board |
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MIDTERM EXAM Discussion 1 and 2 only Vocabulary |
40
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FRIDAY, May 5th on Proctorio @ 1400pm sharp!
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| Review Instructor Feedback on DM | by Monday, May 8th | ||
| WEEK 5 | Discussion #4 - Sedatives, Analgesics, Anesthesia | 7 | Friday, May 12th @ 1300pm on Discussion Board |
| Review Instructor Feedback on Sedatives | by Monday, May 15th | ||
| WEEK 6 | KAPLAN Focused Review Exams NGN - (>90% achievement) | 10 | Monday, May 15th @ 12noon |
| MUDDY POINT OFFICE HOUR |
TBD this week |
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FINAL EXAM Discussion 3 and 4 only Vocabulary Prefix/Suffix |
50 |
FRIDAY, MAY 19th @ 10am in SL 109 |
| TOTAL POINTS | 150 |
Student requires 75% to pass the class.
*Faculty has the right to make small changes to the above schedule as needed. This may include points, as test analysis occurs. Announcements will be made if so.
Course Summary:
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