NPH 101: Nursing Pharmacology I/Lab

This course prepares students to administer medications. The six “rights” of administration including calculation, routes of administration, proper use and storage of medications, patient observation, and documentation are explored. This course also includes the study of a large body of medications in terms of their therapeutic uses, characteristics, actions, dosages, side effects, and techniques used in administering them. Clinical skills are practiced in the nursing lab.