The main focus of the course is to provide nursing students with a basic understanding of pharmacotherapy and acquire skills to administer medication safely. Students will learn how to:
- assess a client prior to administering a medication to a client
- analyze the assessment data and make safe decisions
- safely prepare & administer medications by the various routes
- monitor a client receiving medication in a given clinical situation
- teach a client about medication
This course is designed to run concurrently with the medical-surgical clinical practicum where the students will practice these skills in the clinical setting under the supervision of a clinical teacher.
- Teacher: Heather Bilkes