NR565 Advanced Pharmacology – Midterm Exam Study Guide for Cardiovascular, Pain, and Rheumatologic Pharmacotherapy-Chamberlain University (2026)

1. Exam Coverage
Content Areas:
 Week 1: Foundations in Pharmacology
 Week 2: Pharmacotherapy for Cardiovascular Conditions
 Week 3: Pharmacotherapy for Pain
 Week 4: Pharmacotherapy for Musculoskeletal and Rheumatologic
Conditions


2. Key Concepts to Study
Week 1: Chapters 1–10 – Foundations in Pharmacology
 Prescriptive authority
 Prescription writing
 Prescribing considerations
 Medication education
 Drug absorption
 Drug distribution
 Drug metabolism
 Renal drug excretion
 Agonists and antagonists
 Drug interactions
 Hepatic drug metabolism
 Half-life
 Ways to minimize adverse drug reactions
 Boxed warnings
 Special considerations in drug metabolism
 Drug therapy during pregnancy
 Pregnancy risk categories
 Age-related pharmacokinetic changes
 Prescribing for elderly populations

,  Pharmacokinetics in elderly and infants
 Beers Criteria medications
 Pharmacogenomics ancestry
 Potentially inappropriate drugs in pediatric patients
 Hepatotoxic drugs
 Drug selection




Week 2: Chapters 36-39 & 41-46 – Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy
 Hypertension treatment