Pharmacology and the healthcare professional.
Pharmacology and the healthcare process: This program provides viewers with an overview of how the use of medication is incorporated as part of the overall process of patient assessment, diagnosis, care planning, implementation and evaluation. Objectives: After viewing this program the viewer should...
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| Format: | Streaming video |
| Language: | English |
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Cypress, CA :
Medcom, Inc.,
2012, c2011.
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| Summary: | Pharmacology and the healthcare process: This program provides viewers with an overview of how the use of medication is incorporated as part of the overall process of patient assessment, diagnosis, care planning, implementation and evaluation. Objectives: After viewing this program the viewer should be able to: Explain the medication reconciliation process and why it's important -- Describe differences in medication effect in different patient populations such as pediatric patients and pregnant women -- List the "rights" of medication administration. Principles of pharmacology: This program focuses on those aspects of pharmacology that most impact patient care. These include: therapeutic equivalence, pharmaceutics, the three phases of drug action, toxicology, pharmacognosy, absorption of medications and site of drug action. An understanding of these aspects of pharmacology is critical if healthcare professionals are to provide safe and effective medication administration. Objectives: After viewing this program the viewer should be able to: Describe the three phases of drug metabolism -- Define "pharmacognosy" -- Explain how different drug preparations affect drub absorption -- Explain how different administrative routes affect drub absorption. Pharmacokinetics: Pharmacokinetics is the study of what happens to a drug from the time of administration until the parent drug and all metabolites leave the body. This process includes absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion. This program provides a basic overview of pharmacokinetics. Objectives: After viewing this program the viewer should be able to: Define the terms: time to onset of action and time to peak effect -- Define the terms: half-life, steady state, onset, peak and trough and duration -- Explain the difference between enteral and parenteral drug administration -- Describe factors that affect drug distribution in the body. Pharmacodynamics: Pharmacodynamics is the study of how drugs affect the body. The goal of drug therapy is to achieve a good outcome, a therapeutic effect. It is important to bear in mind that not all drug actions are beneficial. Medications may result in both therapeutic and toxic effects. This program provides a basic overview of pharmacodynamics. Objectives: After viewing this program the viewer should be able to: List and explain the three mechanisms of action -- List five therapeutic goals that can be achieved through drug therapy -- List seven purposes of drug therapy -- Define the term: therapeutic range -- Describe six drug interactions that should be monitored. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Aug. 2, 2013). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (79 min.). Previously released as DVD. |
| Playing Time: | 01:18:48 |
| Audience: | Intended for nurses and nursing students. |
| ISBN: | 9781503431904 |