NUR 203 Pharmacology Essentials for the Health Professional**

This course builds the foundation for understanding drug therapies and their administration. Students learn pharmacology principles and critical thinking to make decisions necessary for the safe administration of medications. These principles will be applied in a multisystem application by focusing on drug therapies for problems within the nervous, cardiovascular, endocrine, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and reproductive systems. This course applies information about current medications to patient care. Students learn to assess, evaluate and analyze information and situations, think critically, and make decisions necessary for the safe administering of medications. 

3 hours lecture.

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Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENG 101 or ENG 101L, and RDG 092 or exemption.