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Advanced Pharmacologic Applications in Primary Care

Credit Hours: KBN# 3-0008-01-13-065-078 45 KBN (37.5 ANCC) contact hours (14 units at 3.2 per unit)

Cost: $36.00 per unit

Course Description: This course is designed to prepare clinical nurse specialists, nurse practitioners, midwives and other nurses to accurately describe, administer, and counsel patients regarding appropriate and safe medication regimens. In addition, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives and clinical nurse specialists will be prepared for medication prescriptive authority within their scope of practice. Basic pharmacologic principles and the pharmacologic actions of the major drug classes will be discussed in relation to physiologic systems, with emphasis on the application of these agents.

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. Explain the basic principles of pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics. 2. Describe the most commonly prescribed agents in the major drug classes.
3. Explain the mechanism of action of the major drug classes.
4. Analyze the adverse effect and drug interaction profiles of the major drug classes and individual drugs within these classes.
5. Make appropriate therapeutic treatment decisions for individual patients utilizing drugs from the major drug classes.
6. Apply the laws governing the prescribing of drugs when writing prescriptions.

Faculty: Mikael D. Jones, PharmD, BCPS, assistant professor, Colleges of Nursing and Pharmacy, 302 College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky; 
(859) 257-6265 or email mjone5@email.uky.edu

Disclosure: Mikael D. Jones, PharmD, BCPS, has nothing to disclose.

Teaching/Learning Methods: This is a self-directed learning using core PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, websites, and case-solving activities. Students must have access to computer facilities, the Internet, a Web browser equivalent to Internet Explorer 5 or higher, an email address and a printer.

Evaluation:
Examinations and Evaluations: Each unit will have an examination consisting of 10 or more multiple choice questions.

Requirement for Credit: Participants must complete the content online, take the post-test and evaluation then print their certificate of completion.

Expiration Date: December 31, 2012

Class Times: This is a Web course and will use a distance learning format. It will be taught via the Web-enhanced format using the assigned Web sites, core PowerPoint presentation, Word documents, textbook reading assignments and other self-directed learning activities.

Suggested Texts: Katzung (2007). Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 10th Edition. Lange Medical Books, McGraw-Hill. 9th Edition Drug Information Handbook for Advanced Practice Nursing. Lexi-Comp, Inc. Reading assignments made from the Katzung textbook Basic and Clinical Pharmacology are intended to supplement student comprehension of assigned Learning Units.

Core Learning Unit Materials: Units will be available online with continued availability. Assigned readings in the Katzung text are intended to supplement student comprehension of assigned Learning Units.

  Assignments Topics
Unit 1 Chapters 1-4 in Katzung
Web-based material		 Basic Principles of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Unit 2 Chapters 43-46, 48 and 51 in Katzung
Web-based materials		 Anti-Infectives I
  1. Antibiotics
Unit 3 Chapters 48-49 in Katzung
Web-based materials		 Anti-Infectives II
  1. Antifungals
  2. Antivirals
Unit 4 Chapters 11, 17 (pgs 277-281), and 15 in Katzung
Web-based materials		 Cardiovascular and Renal Systems I
  1. Antihypertensive agents
Unit 5 Chapters 12, 13, and 17 (pgs 285-286)
Web-based materials		 Cardiovascular and Renal Systems II
  1. Drug used in Congestive heart failure
  2. Agents used in Angina and Myocardial Infarction
Unit 6 Chapters 33 and 35 in Katzung
Web-based materials		 Hematologic system I
  1. Agents used Anemias
  2. Agents used in Dyslipidemias
Unit 7 Chapter 34
Web-based materials		 Hematologic System II
  1. Thromboembolic disorders
  2. Miscellaneous hematologic disorders
Unit 8 Chapters 9 (pgs 121-122, 124, 137), 16 (pgs 255-263), and 20
Web-based materials		 Respiratory System
  1. Asthma/COPD
  2. Allergic rhinitis
  3. Cough/Cold
Unit 9 Chapters 38, 41, 42 in Katzung
Web-based materials		 Endocrine System
  1. Thyroid disorders
  2. Osteoporosis
  3. Diabetes
Unit 10 Chapter 40 in Katzung
Web-based materials		 Reproductive System
  1. Hormone Replacement Therapy
  2. Hormonal Contraceptives
  3. Menstrual Disorders
Unit 11 Chapters 16 (pgs. 263-270) and 63 in Katzung
Web-based materials		 Gastrointestinal System
  1. Nausea /Vomiting
  2. Diarrhea/Constipation
  3. Peptic Ulcer
  4. GERD
Unit 12 Chapters 21, 24, and 28 in Katzung
Web-based materials		 Nervous System I
  1. Seizure Disorders
  2. Parkinsonism and other movement disorders
Unit 13 Chapters 22, 29, and 30 in Katzung
Web-based materials		 Nervous System II
  1. Antipsychotic agents and Lithium
  2. Antidepressant Agents
  3. Sedative-hypnotic Agents
Unit 14 Chapters 31 and 36 in Katzung
Web-based materials		 Nervous System III
  1. Opioid analgesics and antagonists
  2. NSAIDS
  3. Antirheumatic drugs
Units: Each unit will consist of objectives, study questions, a core PowerPoint presentation (or Word document), textbook reading assignments and Web-based material.

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