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, NPs, NS, and midwives 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, the 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
                                   Lexington, KY  40536-0082
                                   Phone: (859) 257-6265 Email: mjone5@email.uky.edu

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

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

Class Times: This course is a Web course and will use a distance learning format. The course will be taught via the Web-enhanced format utilizing 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. 

 Units:  Each unit will consist of objectives, study questions, a core PowerPoint presentation (or Word document), textbook reading assignments and Web-based material. 

Contact: Melissa Bolin (859) 323-3851 or melissa.bolin@uky.edu