Bachelor's degree in Nursing (to qualify as a nurse) (Vicenza)

Application of diagnostic and therapeutic processes - FARMACOLOGIA CLINICA

Course code

4S000098

Name of lecturer

Laura Cuzzolin

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2

Academic sector

BIO/14 - PHARMACOLOGY

Language of instruction

Italian

Site

VICENZA

Period

INF VI - 2° anno 1° sem dal Oct 1, 2018 al Dec 21, 2018.

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Learning outcomes

The course aims to provide to the student knowledge of clinical pharmacology necessary for nursing, useful to understand the risks and benefits associated with drugs, in the control and management of pharmacological therapies and in education of patients to drug use.

Syllabus

At the end of the Course, the student should know the most important characteristics, the main indications, the mechanism of action, the pharmacokinetics, the contraindications, the cautions, the problems related to the management of the therapy, the most common and serious adverse reactions of each of the following therapeutic classes:
- Glucocorticoids
- Respiratory drugs: antiasthmatics, cough suppressants, mucolytics
- Gastrointestinal drugs: antisecretives and antiacids, prokinetics, antiemetics, laxatives
- Cardiovascular drugs: antihypertensives (diuretics, ACE inhibitors and sartans, beta blockers, ,Calcium channel blockers), digitalis, antiarrhythmics, Antihypertensives, antianginals, diuretics, cholesterol lowering agents, Anticoagulants, Antiplatelet agents (the following categories also include Calcium channel blockers, beta blockers, ACE inhibitors, sartans and statins)
- Antithrombotic agents: anticoagulants, antiaggregants, thrombolytics
- CNS Drugs: opioid analgesics, anxiolytic/sedative-hypnotics (benzodiazepines), antidepressants.

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