NUR2000 Medications: Theory and Practice (FOSCI)

Semester 2 (ONC)Toowoomba (ONC)Fraser Cst

Units 1.0 (General Nursing) Band 4

Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in Program: BNUR

Recommended Prior Study: MAT1008

Synopsis

This course is designed to ensure that nursing students understand the basis of how medications are administered, absorbed, metabolized and excreted. The information is applied to the nurses' role in the therapeutic administration of drugs so that the student becomes familiar and competent in medication administration. The mathematical processes involved in medication calculations will be revised and assessed so that students will be able to calculate with a high level of accuracy. These two aspects of therapeutics will be integrated and complemented so that the student will become aware of the importance of the safe administration of medications and begin to be proficient in methods of drug administration.