NURS 676 Advanced Pharmacology - APRN
202510FAIIOL OL-D
202510FAIIOL 2025 Section
Meeting Times
Online Classes
Monday, 12:00 a.m. to Sunday, 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time)
Class Length
8 weeks
Your instructor may schedule optional synchronous/live sessions using Zoom in Canvas. Please check your
course announcements for specific dates and times. All meetings will be recorded and will be accessible in the
course.
Contact Information
Instructor: DR Danielle Cadenhead
Email:
Office: BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
Phone: USE REMIND APP
Course Description
This course focuses on knowledge essential to the pharmacological management of common acute and chronic
health problems experienced by patients throughout the life span. Principals of pharmacokinetics and
pharmacodynamics will be applied. The course addresses foundations of prescriptive practice, including legal and
ethical standards as related to advanced practice nursing as required by the Board of Nursing.
, Total Course Credits: Lecture Hours Online:
3 45
Lab Hours: Supervised Clinical/Practicum Hours: Externship/Internship Hours:
0 0 0
Course Learning Outcomes
1. Integrate the principles of pharmacology relative to pharmacotherapeutics across the life span including the
influence of race, ethnic group, and special populations on drug dosing and drug selection regimens.
2. Discuss the indications, rationale, efficacy, and risks for pharmacotherapeutic drugs commonly prescribed in
primary care settings.
3. Analyze the rationale for the selection of drugs used to treat individuals with frequently encountered primary
care conditions based on factors such as pharmacokinetics, cost, efficacy, genetic characteristics, adherence to
treatment, and quality of life.
4. Examine strategies for monitoring expected effects and potential adverse effects of drugs including legal and
ethical considerations of the advanced practice nurse in prescribing and managing pharmacological therapy,
recognizing accountability, responsibility, and scope of practice.
5. Apply the principles of informatics and health care technology in researching and applying
pharmacotherapeutic concepts throughout the lifespan.
6. Compare the APRN role using Nurse Practitioner Standardized Procedures or practice protocols with full
practice authority.
Program Learning Outcomes
College of Nursing Mission Statement
The mission of the College of Nursing is to provide evidence-based and innovative nursing education to culturally
diverse learners, preparing nurses to provide quality and compassionate care responsive to the needs of the
community and the global society.
,College of Nursing Philosophy
The philosophy of the College of Nursing is that education is a continuous process occurring in phases throughout
an individual’s lifetime. Nurses are lifelong learners and critical thinkers.
MSN Core Program Learning Outcomes
1. Demonstrate innovative leadership strategies in complex healthcare settings to evaluate health outcomes in
culturally diverse populations. (MSN Essential 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 10).
2. Appraise research findings to support evidence-based quality initiatives (MSN Essentials 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9).
3. Employ communication and information technologies to promote interdisciplinary collaboration and guide
clinical decisions. (MSN Essentials 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9).
4. Develop population-based care coordination strategies to promote health and disease management
(Essentials 1, 7, 8).
5. Present advocacy strategies to influence ethical and fiscally responsible policy and process changes to
influence individual health and healthcare systems (Essentials 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7).
APRN Specialty Program Learning Outcomes
1. Apply advanced practice registered nursing core knowledge to continuously improve quality health care in
population focused areas within complex healthcare delivery systems.
2. Demonstrate individualized, informed, socially sensitive, equitable care to diverse populations as determined
by scope of practice standards.
3. Employ effective communication strategies utilizing emerging technologies to provide interdisciplinary
collaborative care across the health care continuum.
4. Formulate patient specific, unbiased, culturally appropriate coordinated care based upon ethically sound
clinical judgements and best evidence.
5. Advocate for policy changes that create safe, accessible, quality health care for patients.
6. Synthesize advanced practice science and knowledge to a specialty area of advanced practice nursing to
enhance the delivery of patient care and create opportunities for entrepreneurship.
7. Understand the principles of entrepreneurship and innovation within dynamic healthcare environment.
AACN Essentials
1 Knowledge for Nursing Practice
2 Person-Centered Care
3 Population Health
4 Scholarship for the Nursing Discipline
5 Quality and Safety
6 Interprofessional Partnerships
7 Systems-Based Practice
, 8 Informatics and Healthcare Technologies
9 Professionalism
10 Personal, Professional, and Leadership
Course Materials
E-texts are available in the Canvas course or on your VitalSource Bookshelf.
Lehne’s Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurses and
Physician Assistants
Author: Laura Rosenthal & Jacqueline Burchum
Publisher: Saunders
Edition: 2nd
ISBN: 9780323554954
Availability: Available through Perusall
3P’s: Pathophysiology, Pharmacology, and Physical Assessment
Author: Cathleen Crowley-Koschnitzki
Publisher: Advanced Practice Executives
Edition: 2021
ISBN: 978-0971476240 Optional
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Author: American Psychological Association
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Edition: 7th
Availability: Available in your VitalSource Bookshelf (from previous terms)
Evaluation
West Coast University Grading Grade Points WCU Grading Scale
Scale (Reflective of final course
202510FAIIOL OL-D
202510FAIIOL 2025 Section
Meeting Times
Online Classes
Monday, 12:00 a.m. to Sunday, 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time)
Class Length
8 weeks
Your instructor may schedule optional synchronous/live sessions using Zoom in Canvas. Please check your
course announcements for specific dates and times. All meetings will be recorded and will be accessible in the
course.
Contact Information
Instructor: DR Danielle Cadenhead
Email:
Office: BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
Phone: USE REMIND APP
Course Description
This course focuses on knowledge essential to the pharmacological management of common acute and chronic
health problems experienced by patients throughout the life span. Principals of pharmacokinetics and
pharmacodynamics will be applied. The course addresses foundations of prescriptive practice, including legal and
ethical standards as related to advanced practice nursing as required by the Board of Nursing.
, Total Course Credits: Lecture Hours Online:
3 45
Lab Hours: Supervised Clinical/Practicum Hours: Externship/Internship Hours:
0 0 0
Course Learning Outcomes
1. Integrate the principles of pharmacology relative to pharmacotherapeutics across the life span including the
influence of race, ethnic group, and special populations on drug dosing and drug selection regimens.
2. Discuss the indications, rationale, efficacy, and risks for pharmacotherapeutic drugs commonly prescribed in
primary care settings.
3. Analyze the rationale for the selection of drugs used to treat individuals with frequently encountered primary
care conditions based on factors such as pharmacokinetics, cost, efficacy, genetic characteristics, adherence to
treatment, and quality of life.
4. Examine strategies for monitoring expected effects and potential adverse effects of drugs including legal and
ethical considerations of the advanced practice nurse in prescribing and managing pharmacological therapy,
recognizing accountability, responsibility, and scope of practice.
5. Apply the principles of informatics and health care technology in researching and applying
pharmacotherapeutic concepts throughout the lifespan.
6. Compare the APRN role using Nurse Practitioner Standardized Procedures or practice protocols with full
practice authority.
Program Learning Outcomes
College of Nursing Mission Statement
The mission of the College of Nursing is to provide evidence-based and innovative nursing education to culturally
diverse learners, preparing nurses to provide quality and compassionate care responsive to the needs of the
community and the global society.
,College of Nursing Philosophy
The philosophy of the College of Nursing is that education is a continuous process occurring in phases throughout
an individual’s lifetime. Nurses are lifelong learners and critical thinkers.
MSN Core Program Learning Outcomes
1. Demonstrate innovative leadership strategies in complex healthcare settings to evaluate health outcomes in
culturally diverse populations. (MSN Essential 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 10).
2. Appraise research findings to support evidence-based quality initiatives (MSN Essentials 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9).
3. Employ communication and information technologies to promote interdisciplinary collaboration and guide
clinical decisions. (MSN Essentials 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9).
4. Develop population-based care coordination strategies to promote health and disease management
(Essentials 1, 7, 8).
5. Present advocacy strategies to influence ethical and fiscally responsible policy and process changes to
influence individual health and healthcare systems (Essentials 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7).
APRN Specialty Program Learning Outcomes
1. Apply advanced practice registered nursing core knowledge to continuously improve quality health care in
population focused areas within complex healthcare delivery systems.
2. Demonstrate individualized, informed, socially sensitive, equitable care to diverse populations as determined
by scope of practice standards.
3. Employ effective communication strategies utilizing emerging technologies to provide interdisciplinary
collaborative care across the health care continuum.
4. Formulate patient specific, unbiased, culturally appropriate coordinated care based upon ethically sound
clinical judgements and best evidence.
5. Advocate for policy changes that create safe, accessible, quality health care for patients.
6. Synthesize advanced practice science and knowledge to a specialty area of advanced practice nursing to
enhance the delivery of patient care and create opportunities for entrepreneurship.
7. Understand the principles of entrepreneurship and innovation within dynamic healthcare environment.
AACN Essentials
1 Knowledge for Nursing Practice
2 Person-Centered Care
3 Population Health
4 Scholarship for the Nursing Discipline
5 Quality and Safety
6 Interprofessional Partnerships
7 Systems-Based Practice
, 8 Informatics and Healthcare Technologies
9 Professionalism
10 Personal, Professional, and Leadership
Course Materials
E-texts are available in the Canvas course or on your VitalSource Bookshelf.
Lehne’s Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurses and
Physician Assistants
Author: Laura Rosenthal & Jacqueline Burchum
Publisher: Saunders
Edition: 2nd
ISBN: 9780323554954
Availability: Available through Perusall
3P’s: Pathophysiology, Pharmacology, and Physical Assessment
Author: Cathleen Crowley-Koschnitzki
Publisher: Advanced Practice Executives
Edition: 2021
ISBN: 978-0971476240 Optional
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Author: American Psychological Association
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Edition: 7th
Availability: Available in your VitalSource Bookshelf (from previous terms)
Evaluation
West Coast University Grading Grade Points WCU Grading Scale
Scale (Reflective of final course
