307487 (v.1) Pharmacotherapeutics 522

---

 

Area:	School of Pharmacy
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	4.0
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	307483 (v.1) Professional Foundations 561 AND 307484 (v.1) Diagnostics 561 AND 307485 (v.1) Pharmacology 521
Syllabus:	Nurse Practitioner scope of practice, role, context of practice and cultural perspectives. Standing orders, protocols, possession, use, supply, and prescription and ordering of medications from approved formulary for use in designated areas. Regulations, legislation, ethical principles, quality use of medicines, accountability, responsibility and polypharmacy. Syllabus will align to requirements of specialty stream.
Unit Outcomes:	Upon completion of this unit students will have - Applied principles of pharmacological therapy to the treatment and management of common acute and chronic diseases encountered in clinical practice. Demonstrated competence in the prescription and supply of medications from an approved formulary determined by the Chief Medical Officer for use at designated areas, within the context of the nurse practitioner scope of practice and client's cultural perspectives. Assessed clients and identified factors influencing the clinician's choice of drug therapy and the therapeutic effectiveness. Identified clients and conditions that should be referred to relevant clinicians or other tertiary care. Interpreted the relevance of diagnostic parameters in the selection and dosage of medications. Analysed the concepts of accountability, responsibility and ethics in relation to prescribing in designated areas.
Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.
Unit References:	Craig, E. J. (1996). A Review of Prescriptive Authority for Nurse Practitioners. Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing, 10(1), 29-35. Humphries, J. L. and Green, J. eds. (1999). Nurse Prescribing. London, Macmillan Press. Siegloff Clark, S. (2000). Prescribing Power and the Power to Prescribe: Nurse Practitioner in Rural and Remote Australia. Alternative Law Journal 25(1), 29-31 and 44. Roberts, K. L. (1996). The Rural Nurse-Practitioner: Concepts and Issues. Australian Journal of Rural Health,4(3), 171-178.
Unit Texts:	Page, C. P., Curtis, M. J., Sutter, M. C., Walker, M. J. A.and Hoffman, B. B. (2001). Integrated Pharmacology, 2nd ed. London, Mosby. Rang, H. P., Dale, M. M. and Ritter, J. M. (1999). Pharmacology, 4th ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. Wynne, A.,Woo, T.and Millard, M. (2002). Pharmacotherapeutics for Nurse Practitioner Prescribers. Philadelphia, F. A. Davis.
Unit Assessment Breakdown:	Examination, Field audit or concept paper and Problem-based case studies. This is a pass/fail assessment.
Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External 2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1   Y   2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y Y