Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Approved
This course meets the requirements of 45 mandatory credit hours of Advanced Pharmacology for licensed Pennsylvania Nurse Practitioners

Description:
An advanced comprehensive graduate level course designed to meet the needs of nurses in advanced practice who are eligible for prescriptive authority. In this course expert faculty will discuss the principles of clinical pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics as applied to advanced practice nursing in the acute and primary care of family members across the lifespan. Proper prescribing, patient education and monitoring procedures for a variety of drug regimens used to treat common acute and chronic diseases are reviewed. Adherence to therapy, drug interactions, drug overuse/abuse, and legal/ethical issues are addressed.

The course focuses on appropriate drug regimens for the prevention and treatment of a variety of common acute and chronic diseases. Pharmacodynamic mechanisms and physiologic responses contributing to a drug’s therapeutic effect are discussed. Potential adverse reactions, drug interactions, and signs of developing toxicity are reviewed. Specific considerations for drug therapy in pediatrics, women, and geriatric populations are addressed where appropriate. A variety of teaching and evaluation methods will help you to meet the course objectives including Multiple Case Studies, discussions, pre-test and posttest evaluation.

Time:    8:00AM - 5:00PM  - Sign-In 7:30 AM     

Schedule:                         

Topics:
Antimicrobials, Contraception, Osteoporosis, HRT, Seizures, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis
Anxiety/Depression, Alzheimers, Migraines, Sleep Disorders, Parkinson Disease, Pain Management, Erectile Disorder
Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics,Drug Allergies, Drug Dosing in Renal Dysfunction CYP 450 Metabolism, Special considerations during pregnancy and lactation, Infectious Disease & Basic Concepts in Antimicrobial use.
Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia, Heart Failure, Ischemic Heart Disease, Anticoagulants, Antiarrhymics

Cost:     Fee includes course materials and nursing contact hour certificate.  Lunch on your own
                 $ 219 (Single day)       $ 199 each day (Two or more days)           $ 999 Full Course 
Successful completion of the course requires attendance at all sessions and completion and submission
of comprehensive pretest and posttest and submission of a self reported level of achievement of each course objective.

Location:    University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Accreditation:  The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Center for Professional Development is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

This program is awarded  7.5 contact hours per day.

To download registration: Registration.htm

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