NUR 117 PHARMACOLOGY

FALL SEMESTER CALENDAR 2011

DATE

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CONTENT

/ READINGS AND OBJECTIVES /

SKILLS

Monday 8-15 / Orientation to Course
Drug Calculation Pretest
/ Curren ch. 6, 9-16, 22 / Math; Reading labels and drug orders
Tuesday 8-16 / Medication Administration Techniques: Storage, Transcription, Documentation; Routes, Six Rights / Objective III, IV, VII
Curren ch.7
Lilley ch. 10
DVD / 23
Monday 8-22 / Drug Calculations / Objective VII
Curren ch. 6, 9-19, 22 / Math; Understanding abbreviations, labels and drug orders
Tuesday 8-23 /
How to Administer Oral and Tube Meds
/ Objective VII
Monday
8-29 /

Drug Calc Test # 1

Administering Oral and Tube Meds
/ 1, 10, 22, 24
Tuesday 8-30 / How to Administer Vaginal and Rectal Meds / Objective VII
Lilley ch. 10
DVD
Monday 9-5 /
LABOR DAY
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Tuesday 9-6 /
Unit Test 1
Monday 9-12 /
Administering Vaginal and Rectal Meds
How to Administer Injectable Meds / Objective VII
Lilley ch. 10
DVD / 7, 8
Reading Medication Equipment, Using Ampules and Vials, site selection
Tuesday 9-13 /

Injectable Meds cont’d

/ Cont’d / Mixing insulin
Monday
9-19 / Administering Injectable Meds
Drug Calculation Test 2 (prn)
/ 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
Tuesday 9-20 /

How to Administer Ophthalamic, Otic, and Nasal Meds

/ Objective VII
Lilley ch. 10
DVD
Monday 9-26 / Administering Ophthalamic, Otic, and Nasal Meds / 2, 3, 4
Tuesday 9-27 /

How to Administer Topical, Transdermal, and Inhaled Meds

/ Objective VII
Lilley ch. 10
DVD
Monday 10-3 / Drug Calculation Test 3 (prn)
Administering Topical, Transdermal, and Inhaled Meds / 5, 6, 9
DATE / CONTENT / READINGS, OBJECTIVES / SKILLS
Tuesday 10-4 /
Unit Test 2
Monday 10-10 / How to Start and D/C an IV; Setting up and Monitoring an IV infusion; Using an Infusion Pump / Objective VII
Curren ch. 20
Lilley ch. 10
DVD
Tuesday 10-11 /

IVs cont’d

/ Cont’d
Monday 10-17
FALL BREAK—NO CLASSES!
Tuesday 10-18
Monday 10-24 /

Starting and D/Cing an IV infusion, Using an Infusion Pump

/ 18,19, 20, 21
Tuesday 10-25 /
Patient Teaching
/ Objective V
Lilley, ch 7
Monday 10-31 / Unit Test 3
Lab catch-up /
Tuesday 11-1 /

Pharmacologic Principles

/ Lilley 2, 5
Objective I, VIII
Monday 11-7 /

Pharmacologic Principles cont’d

/ Cont’d
Tuesday 11-8 /

Early Registration for Spring Semester—No Classes

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Monday 11-14 /

Unit Test 4

Nursing Process in Med Administration

/ Objective II
Lilley, ch. 3
Tuesday 11-15 /

Nursing Process cont’d

/ Cont’d
Monday 11-21 / Lifespan Considerations / Cont’d
Tuesday 11-22 /

Unit Test 5

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Monday 11-28 /

Legal, Ethical, Cultural Considerations

/ Objective VI
Lilley, ch. 4
Tuesday 11-29 /

Medication Errors

/ Objective IX
Lilley ch. 6
Monday 12-5 / Lab catch-up
Tuesday 12-6 /

Unit Test 6

Monday
12-12 /

Last Monday

Review for Final
Tuesday
12-13 /

Last Tuesday

FINAL EXAM
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