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This course helps nursing students identifies and understands the basics of pharmacology which is relevant to students from applied health sciences backgrounds. This course focuses on the basic principles of pharmacology, methods of administration of the most common used drugs, drug properties including pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes and on understanding the role of nerve pathways in exerting drug’s action. It emphasizes on drugs’ classes and their therapeutic uses to treat body disorders in common body systems (cardiovascular, blood, gastrointestinal, endocrine and nervous systems). In addition, this course provides the basic knowledge about the antimicrobial agents’ mechanisms of action to treat infectious diseases. Dietary supplements and herbal medications also will be covered as well as topics related to Laboratory test-drug interactions and Drug -Food Interactions. |