NURS615 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics.
MSN NURS615: Advanced
Pharmacotherapeutics
Syllabus
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Course Description
Nurse practitioners diagnose and prescribe treatment regimens for
persons with common acute and/or chronic health problems. This
course focuses on the pharmacological foundation for safely prescribing
medical regimens for illnesses that affect individuals. Selection of
appropriate therapies, patient education, and evaluation are
emphasized.
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to do the
following:
• Describe the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and
pharmacotherapeutics of broad categories of drugs (goal 1) (MSN
Essential, I, III, VIII).
• Analyze the relationship between pharmacologic agents and
physiologic/pathologic responses across the lifespan (goal 1,
2) (MSN Essential, I, III, IV, IX).
• Analyze the effects of multiple drug therapies on the patient’s
health status (goal 2, 3) (MSN Essential, I, III, IV, IX).
• Explain the state and federal laws that regulate the prescription
of various classes of drugs by advanced practice nurses (goal 5)
(MSN Essential, II, III).
• Select appropriate and cost effective therapeutic agents for
specific indications, including prescription and over-the-counter
agents for patients across the lifespan (goal 2) (MSN Essential, II,
III, IX).
• Develop a therapeutic plan, including pharmacological
management and appropriate evaluation strategies for selected
health care issues (goal 1, 2) (MSN Essential, VIII, IX).
MSN Essentials
,NURS615 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics.
MSN NURS615: Advanced
Pharmacotherapeutics
The following represent the core content for all master's programs in
nursing and "provide curricular elements and framework, regardless of
focus, major, or intended practice setting" (AACN, 2011, p.3). The
reference and the link for these essentials are provided for you at the
end of the document. These essentials "delineate the knowledge and
skills that all nurses prepared in a master's nursing program acquire"
(AACN, 2011, p.4), and you should see evidence of these essentials in
each of the courses in the MSN-NP curriculum. Below are brief
descriptions of each essential and can be found on pages 4 and 5 of the
Essentials document. In the document, you will find a deeper discussion
of each of them, as well as expected student outcomes and sample
content.
Essential I: Background for Practice from Sciences and Humanities
Recognizes that the master's prepared nurse integrates scientific
findings from nursing, biopsychosocial fields, genetics, public health,
quality improvement, and organizational sciences for the continual
improvement of nursing care across diverse settings.
Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership
Recognizes that organizational and systems leadership are critical to
the promotion of high quality and safe patient care. Leadership skills
are needed that emphasize ethical and critical decision making,
effective working relationships, and a systems-perspective.
Essential III: Quality Improvement and Safety
Recognizes that a master's-prepared nurse must be articulate in the
methods, tools, performance measures, and standards related to
quality, as well as prepared to apply quality principles within an
organization.
Essential IV: Translating and Integrating Scholarship into Practice
Recognizes that the master's-prepared nurse applies research
outcomes within the practice setting, resolves practice problems,
works as a change agent, and disseminates results.
Essential V: Informatics and Healthcare Technologies
, NURS615 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics.
MSN NURS615: Advanced
Pharmacotherapeutics
Recognizes that the master's-prepared nurse uses patient-care
technologies to deliver and enhance care and uses communication
technologies to integrate and coordinate care.
Essential VI: Health Policy and Advocacy
Recognizes that the master's-prepared nurse is able to intervene at
the system level though the policy development process and to
employ advocacy strategies to influence health and health care.
Essential VII: Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and
Population Health Outcomes
Recognizes that the master's prepared nurse, as a member and
leader of interprofessional teams, communicates, collaborates, and
consults with other health professionals to manage and coordinate
care.
Essential VIII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving Health
Recognizes that the master's-prepared nurse applies and
integrates broad, organizational, client-centered, and culturally
appropriate concepts in the planning, delivery, management, and
evaluation of evidence-based clinical prevention and population
care and services to individuals, families, and
aggregates/identified populations.
Essential IX: Master's-Level Nursing Practice
Recognizes that nursing practice, at the master's level, is broadly
defined as any form of nursing intervention that influences health
outcomes for individuals, populations, or systems. Master's-level
nursing graduates must have an advanced level of understanding of
nursing and relevant sciences as well as the ability to integrate this
knowledge into practice. Nursing practice interventions include both
direct and indirect care components.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) (2011). The essentials of
Master's education in nursing (PDF). Washington, DC: Author.
MSN Program Outcomes
Upon completion of the program, the graduate will be able to:
MSN NURS615: Advanced
Pharmacotherapeutics
Syllabus
Note: Log in to the course to view activities, videos, and presentations.
Course Description
Nurse practitioners diagnose and prescribe treatment regimens for
persons with common acute and/or chronic health problems. This
course focuses on the pharmacological foundation for safely prescribing
medical regimens for illnesses that affect individuals. Selection of
appropriate therapies, patient education, and evaluation are
emphasized.
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to do the
following:
• Describe the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and
pharmacotherapeutics of broad categories of drugs (goal 1) (MSN
Essential, I, III, VIII).
• Analyze the relationship between pharmacologic agents and
physiologic/pathologic responses across the lifespan (goal 1,
2) (MSN Essential, I, III, IV, IX).
• Analyze the effects of multiple drug therapies on the patient’s
health status (goal 2, 3) (MSN Essential, I, III, IV, IX).
• Explain the state and federal laws that regulate the prescription
of various classes of drugs by advanced practice nurses (goal 5)
(MSN Essential, II, III).
• Select appropriate and cost effective therapeutic agents for
specific indications, including prescription and over-the-counter
agents for patients across the lifespan (goal 2) (MSN Essential, II,
III, IX).
• Develop a therapeutic plan, including pharmacological
management and appropriate evaluation strategies for selected
health care issues (goal 1, 2) (MSN Essential, VIII, IX).
MSN Essentials
,NURS615 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics.
MSN NURS615: Advanced
Pharmacotherapeutics
The following represent the core content for all master's programs in
nursing and "provide curricular elements and framework, regardless of
focus, major, or intended practice setting" (AACN, 2011, p.3). The
reference and the link for these essentials are provided for you at the
end of the document. These essentials "delineate the knowledge and
skills that all nurses prepared in a master's nursing program acquire"
(AACN, 2011, p.4), and you should see evidence of these essentials in
each of the courses in the MSN-NP curriculum. Below are brief
descriptions of each essential and can be found on pages 4 and 5 of the
Essentials document. In the document, you will find a deeper discussion
of each of them, as well as expected student outcomes and sample
content.
Essential I: Background for Practice from Sciences and Humanities
Recognizes that the master's prepared nurse integrates scientific
findings from nursing, biopsychosocial fields, genetics, public health,
quality improvement, and organizational sciences for the continual
improvement of nursing care across diverse settings.
Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership
Recognizes that organizational and systems leadership are critical to
the promotion of high quality and safe patient care. Leadership skills
are needed that emphasize ethical and critical decision making,
effective working relationships, and a systems-perspective.
Essential III: Quality Improvement and Safety
Recognizes that a master's-prepared nurse must be articulate in the
methods, tools, performance measures, and standards related to
quality, as well as prepared to apply quality principles within an
organization.
Essential IV: Translating and Integrating Scholarship into Practice
Recognizes that the master's-prepared nurse applies research
outcomes within the practice setting, resolves practice problems,
works as a change agent, and disseminates results.
Essential V: Informatics and Healthcare Technologies
, NURS615 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics.
MSN NURS615: Advanced
Pharmacotherapeutics
Recognizes that the master's-prepared nurse uses patient-care
technologies to deliver and enhance care and uses communication
technologies to integrate and coordinate care.
Essential VI: Health Policy and Advocacy
Recognizes that the master's-prepared nurse is able to intervene at
the system level though the policy development process and to
employ advocacy strategies to influence health and health care.
Essential VII: Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and
Population Health Outcomes
Recognizes that the master's prepared nurse, as a member and
leader of interprofessional teams, communicates, collaborates, and
consults with other health professionals to manage and coordinate
care.
Essential VIII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving Health
Recognizes that the master's-prepared nurse applies and
integrates broad, organizational, client-centered, and culturally
appropriate concepts in the planning, delivery, management, and
evaluation of evidence-based clinical prevention and population
care and services to individuals, families, and
aggregates/identified populations.
Essential IX: Master's-Level Nursing Practice
Recognizes that nursing practice, at the master's level, is broadly
defined as any form of nursing intervention that influences health
outcomes for individuals, populations, or systems. Master's-level
nursing graduates must have an advanced level of understanding of
nursing and relevant sciences as well as the ability to integrate this
knowledge into practice. Nursing practice interventions include both
direct and indirect care components.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) (2011). The essentials of
Master's education in nursing (PDF). Washington, DC: Author.
MSN Program Outcomes
Upon completion of the program, the graduate will be able to:
