NURS 125 - Pharmacology for Nursing Practice

1. Recognize physiological, psychological, social-cultural, and spiritual concepts needed for safe and competent medication administration for patients at various stages in their life and in various healthcare setting.
2. Use critical thinking skills to identify steps in the nursing process for medication administration.
3. Select caring and therapeutic behaviors for medication administration.
4. Identify verbal and written communication techniques related to medication administration.
5. Recognize quality and safety competencies, standards of professional practice, and nursing’s legal, ethical, and regulatory framework for medication administration.
6. Select teaching/learning principles to be used during medication administration.
7. Identify opportunities for collaboration with other health care team members related to medication administration.