NURS 222

Pharmacology (Reading assignment: chap. 1,2,4,5) Introduction A. Basic terms • Nurses use pharmaco-therapeutics daily o Understand pharmacology o Substance use- causes cellular changes and then cause a o Reaction-(hope) be a positive reaction • Pharmacokinetics: what the body does to the drug • Pharmacodynamics: what drug does to the body • Understand side effects/adverse reactions • And drug chemistries such as: half-lives/therapeutic index B. Drug properties • Efficac...