307487 (v.1) Pharmacotherapeutics 522

Area:

School of Pharmacy

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

4.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

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.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

60300 Nursing (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Not Online

Result Type:

Pass/Fail

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 1		Y
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area