NR293 Pharmacology for Nursing Practice Active Learning Activity from Personalized Learning Platform Opportunities
Purpose: To expand understanding and application pharmacologic concepts for integration of these concepts to support critical thinking.
Course outcomes: This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO1: Apply the concepts of pharmacotherapeutics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacogenomics tothe use of specific medication classifications in specific health conditions and in consideration of medication side/adverse effects, nursing implications, and medication teaching. (POs 1, 2, and 3)
CO2: Apply principles of health promotion, as well as illness and injury prevention, to promote safety and effectiveness of commonly used pharmacologic therapy across the lifespan, taking into considerationsociocultural, genetic/genomic, developmental, and gender implications. (POs 3 and 8)
CO3: Utilize the nursing process in understanding the effects of drug therapy on health outcomes across the
lifespanwithin the framework of a diverse population of individuals, families, and communities. (PO 4)
CO4: Examine the professional nursing roles of care manager, educator, researcher, and advocate in relation topharmacologic therapy and within the framework of a diverse population of individuals, families, and communities. (POs 6 and 7)
Due date: Your faculty member will inform you when this assignment is due. The Late Assignment Policy appliesto this assignment.
Total points possible: 50 points each; 100 points in course
Preparing the assignment
Follow these guidelines when completing this assignment. Speakwith your faculty member if you have questions.
- Complete one Medication Concept Map for the selected drug classes (faculty will pick class of medication based on personalized learning platform (PLP) opportunities for improvement from completed PLP concepts).
- Include the following sections for each Medication Concept (50 points/100%)
- Medication – Medication Type
- Category Class – Drug class
- Expected Pharmacological Mechanism of Action
- Therapeutic Uses
- Contraindications (minimum 3)
- Medication Administration
- Complications



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