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Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics –
hcs507
(3 credits)
This course is designed to provide the nurse practitioner student with the information and skills to initiate and monitor drug therapy. This course will integrate advanced knowledge regarding the clinical application of pharmacology and pharmacokinetics, techniques and methods of drug prescribing, approaches to data collection, and problem solving with discussions about drug therapy for common acute and chronic diseases. Emphasis will be on the practical application of important concepts used in clinical practice for clients across the lifespan.
This graduate-level course is 12
weeks.
To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.
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Drug Therapy Decision Making for the Hematologic System
Evaluate and recommend drug therapies for treatment of blood disorders.
Evaluate possible uses of vitamins and herbal supplements as they relate to disease management for blood disorders.
Justify correct dosages, dosage forms, routes and frequency of administration for blood disorders based on relevant individual client parameters.
Identify appropriate monitoring, patient education strategies, and clinical end points for drug therapy for blood disorders.
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Drug Therapy Decision Making for the Cardiovascular System
Evaluate possible uses of vitamins and herbal supplements as they relate to cardiovascular disease management.
Justify correct dosages, dosage forms, routes, and frequency of administration of cardiovascular medications based on relevant individual client parameters.
Identify appropriate monitoring, patient education strategies, and clinical end points for cardiovascular drug therapy.
Evaluate and recommend drug therapies for cardiovascular diseases from evidence-based guidelines.
Assess current clinical guidelines for prevention and disease management of cardiovascular disorders.
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Drug Therapy Decision Making for Respiratory and EENT Disorders
Evaluate possible uses of vitamins and herbal supplements as they relate to respiratory and EENT disease management.
Justify correct dosages, dosage forms, routes, and frequency of administration of respiratory and EENT medications based on relevant individual client parameters.
Identify appropriate monitoring, patient education strategies, and clinical end points for drug therapy for respiratory and EENT diseases.
Evaluate and recommend drug therapies for respiratory and EENT diseases based on evidence-based guidelines.
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Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics
Distinguish between the basic concepts of pharmacology and pharmacokinetics that are applied to pharmacotherapeutics.
Differentiate between the three distinctive types of adverse drug reactions.
Explain the concept of, and potential for, drug interactions.
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Drug Therapy Decision Making for the Integumentary System
Evaluate possible uses of vitamins, herbal supplements, and over-the-counter medications as they relate to skin disease management.
Justify correct dosages, dosage forms, routes, and frequency of administration of medications to treat skin disorders based on relevant individual client parameters.
Identify appropriate monitoring, patient education strategies, and clinical end points for drug therapy for skin disease.
Evaluate and recommend drug therapies for skin disease based on evidence-based guidelines.
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Drug Therapy Decision Making for Infectious and Communicable Diseases
Identify age-appropriate immunizations and immunization schedules.
Evaluate diagnostic studies as tools to monitor and determine end points of therapy for infectious disease.
Evaluate antimicrobial selection according to host and drug factors.
Associate classifications of antiinfective agents with antibiotic classes.
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Prescribing Medications
- Identify elements of a written prescription.
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Drug Therapy Decision Making for Psychological Disorders
Evaluate possible uses of vitamins and herbal supplements as they relate to psychological disease management.
Justify correct dosages, dosage forms, routes, and frequency of administration of medications to treat psychological disorders based on relevant individual client parameters.
Identify appropriate monitoring, patient education strategies, and clinical end points for drug therapy for psychological diseases.
Evaluate and recommend drug therapies for psychological diseases based on evidence-based guidelines.
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Drug Therapy Decision Making for Endocrine Disease
Evaluate possible uses of vitamins and herbal supplements as they relate to endocrine disease management.
Justify correct dosages, dosage forms, routes, and frequency of administration of medications to treat endocrine disorders based on relevant individual client parameters.
Identify appropriate monitoring, patient education strategies, and clinical end points for drug therapy for endocrine diseases.
- Evaluate and recommend drug therapies for endocrine disease based on evidence-based guidelines
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Drug Therapy Decision Making for Renal Disorders
Evaluate possible uses of vitamins and herbal supplements as they relate to renal disease management.
- Justify correct dosages, dosage forms, routes, and frequency of administration of medications to treat renal disorders based on relevant individual client parameters
Identify appropriate monitoring, patient education strategies, and clinical end points for drug therapy for renal disorders.
Evaluate and recommend drug therapies for renal disorders from evidence-based guidelines.
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Drug Therapy Decision Making for Neurological Disorders
Evaluate possible uses of vitamins and herbal supplements as they relate to neurological disease management.
Justify correct dosages, dosage forms, routes, and frequency of administration of medications to treat neurological disorders based on relevant individual client parameters.
Identify appropriate monitoring, patient education strategies, and clinical end points for drug therapy for neurological diseases.
Evaluate and recommend drug therapies for neurological diseases based on evidence-based guidelines.
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Pain Management
Justify correct dosages, dosage forms, routes, and frequency of administration of medications to treat painful conditions based on relevant individual client parameters.
Analyze pertinent federal and state statutes and regulations in relationship to prescriptive privileges (CA Standardized P&P).
Classify common pharmacological and therapeutic options in managing pain.
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Drug Therapy Decision Making for the Musculoskeletal System
Evaluate possible uses of vitamins and herbal supplements as they relate to musculoskeletal disease management.
Justify correct dosages, dosage forms, routes, and frequency of administration of medications to treat musculoskeletal disorders based on relevant individual client parameters.
Identify appropriate monitoring, patient education strategies, and clinical end points for drug therapy for musculoskeletal disease.
Evaluate and recommend drug therapies for musculoskeletal diseases based on evidence-based guidelines.
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Drug Therapy Decision Making for Gastrointestinal Disorders
Evaluate possible uses of vitamins and herbal supplements as they relate to gastrointestinal disease management.
Justify correct dosages, dosage forms, routes and frequency of administration of medications to treat gastrointestinal disorders based on relevant individual client parameters.
Identify appropriate monitoring, patient education strategies, and clinical end points for drug therapy for gastrointestinal diseases.
Evaluate and recommend drug therapies for gastrointestinal diseases based on evidence-based guidelines.
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Drug Therapy Decision Making for Gynecological and Genitourinary Disorders
Evaluate possible uses of vitamins and herbal supplements as they relate to gynecological disease management.
Justify correct dosages, dosage forms, routes of administration, and frequency of administration of medications to treat gynecological disease and genitourinary disorders based on relevant individual client parameters.
Identify appropriate monitoring, patient education strategies, and clinical end points for drug therapy for gynecological and genitourinary disorders and current contraceptive strategies.
Evaluate and recommend drug therapies for gynecological and contraceptives from evidence-based guidelines.
- The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses.
- While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
- Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.
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