NPH 103: Nursing Pharmacology III/Lab

This course prepares students to administer medications with emphasis on injections and intravenous therapy. The six “rights” of administration including calculation, routes of administration, proper use and storage of medications, patient observation, and documentation are reinforced. This course also includes the study of a large body of medications in terms of their therapeutic uses, characteristics, actions, dosages, side effects, and techniques used in administering them. Clinical skills are practiced in the nursing lab where simulation(s) will be used to ensure competencies are met.