Pharmacology for Nursing Practice
Purpose: To expand understanding and application pharmacologic concepts for integration of these concepts to support critical thinking.
Course outcomes: This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO1: Apply the concepts of pharmacotherapeutics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacogenomics to the use of specific medication classifications in specific health conditions and in consideration of medication side/adverse effects, nursing implications, and medication teaching. (POs 1, 2, and 3)
CO2: Apply principles of health promotion, as well as illness and injury prevention, to promote safety and effectiveness of commonly used pharmacologic therapy across the lifespan, taking into consideration sociocultural, genetic/genomic, developmental, and gender implications. (POs 3 and 8)
CO3: Utilize the nursing process in understanding the effects of drug therapy on health outcomes across the lifespan within the framework of a diverse population of individuals, families, and communities. (PO 4)
CO4: Examine the professional nursing roles of care manager educator, researcher, and advocate in relation to pharmacologic therapy and within the framework of a diverse population of individuals, families, and communities. (POs 6 and 7)
Pharmacology for Nursing Practice
Due date: Your faculty member will inform you when this assignment is due. The Late Assignment Policy applies to this assignment.
Total points possible: 50 points each; 200 points in course
Preparing the assignment
Follow these guidelines when completing this assignment. Speak with your faculty member if you have questions.
Complete one Medication Concept Map for the selected drug classes (faculty will pick class of medication based on personalized learning platform (PLP) opportunities for improvement from completed PLP concepts).
Include the following sections for each Medication Concept Map. (50 points/100%)
Medication – Medication Type
Category Class – Drug class
Expected Pharmacological Mechanism of Action
Therapeutic Uses
Contraindications (minimum 3)
Medication Administration
Complications (minimum 3)
Nursing Specific Interventions/Implications (minimum 3)
Interactions (minimum 3)
Client Education (minimum 3)
Evaluation of Medication Effectiveness
Use appropriate resources and ideas to support topic with APA references
Fewer than three unique errors in grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and/or spelling are present and if handwritten information is legible.
3. Concept map template is on the final page of this guideline.
Pharmacology for Nursing Practice
For writing assistance (APA, formatting, or grammar) visit the Writing Center. Please note that your instructor may provide you with additional assessments in any form to determine that you fully understand the concepts learned in the review module. Use APA referencing style.