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

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

LEGNAGO

Period

INF LEG - 2° anno 1° sem dal Oct 8, 2019 al Dec 20, 2019.

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Learning outcomes

The Course is targeted to give to the student knowledge and methodological instruments to understand the risks and benefits associated with drugs, useful in administering drugs safely and effectively, in the management and monitoring of pharmacological therapies, in education of patients to drug use.

Syllabus

At the end of the Course the student will be able to describe the most important characteristics, the main therapeutic uses, the mechanism of action, the pharmacokinetics, the cautions, the contraindications, the problems related to the management of the therapy and the most common and serious adverse effects of the following therapeutic classes:
-Glucocorticoids
-Respiratory drugs (antiasthmatics, cough suppressants, decongestants, mucolytics and expectorants)
-Gastrointestinal drugs (antisecretives and antiacids, prokinetics, antiemetics, laxatives)
-Cardiovascular drugs: antihypertensives (diuretics, ACE-inhibitors and sartans, beta-blockers, calcium-antagonists), nitrovasodilators, antiarrhythmics, cardiac glycosides, hypocolesterolemics
-Anticoagulant, antiplatelet and thrombolytic agents
-Central Nervous System drugs: opioid analgesics, anxyolitics/hypnotics (benzodiazepines), antidepressants.

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