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2500891 Nursing | FB | 2 |
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There are no prerequisites for taking the course of Clinical Pharmacology. However, it is recommended that students should previously have studied “Structure of the Human Body” and “Human Body’s function”.
Pharmacology is a 6 ECTS credits’ subject and is considered compulsory in the syllabus of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona to obtain the Nursing degree.
The therapeutic approach with drugs is one of the pillars in which the control of diseases are based on our present society. Nursing professionals play a very active role in carrying out activities related with the pharmacological therapy. Evaluation of effectiveness, prevention, detection and action in front of unwanted effects, the administration of drugs and, last but not least, health education are functions that must be developed in a systematic and integrated way in their daily work.
The competent development of the functions implies that nursing professionals should be updated periodically in pharmacological procedures and knowledge. Access to reliable sources of information, independent and updated is essential to update the knowledge.
Training objectives:
- To know the different groups of medicaments, the principles of their authorization, the mechanisms of action, the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics characteristics and their main indications.
- To know the expected benefits and the associated risks of the administration or consumption of the different groups of drugs.
- To acquire skills for the development of activities related to pharmacological therapeutics.
- To acquire skills in the search and synthesis of pharmacological information for the resolution of clinical cases.
Theory
Description of the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic principles of each of the pharmacological groups used for the treatment of the most prevalent pathologies, as well as their mechanisms of action and the key points of their use and of safe administration.
Topic 1. Introduction to Clinical Pharmacology: general concepts and bibliography of interest.
Topic 2. Pharmacokinetics: absorption, distribution, biotransformation and elimination of drugs of the organism.
Topic 3. Pharmacodynamics: targeted receptors, agonist and antagonist drugs, mechanisms of action of drugs.
Topic 4. Hypoglycemic drugs and corticoids.
Topic 5. Pharmacology of the Autonomous Nervous System: drugs that act on the sympathetic and parasympathetic system.
Topic 6. Treatment of respiratory diseases:
Topic 7. Pharmacology of the central nervous system
Topic 8 Treatment of digestive diseases
Topic 9 Pharmacovigilance: general concepts and regulations for the notification of adverse reactions.
Topic 10. Treatment of pain
Topic 11. Cardiovascular system drugs: treatment of heart attack, angina pectoris, hypertension and heart failure.
Topic 12. Pharmacological therapies for infectious processes:
Topic 13. Cytostatic drugs: general concepts and regulations for the treatment of cytotoxic residues.
Classroom practices
The theoretical contents are applied to the discussion of topics from the analysis of situations found in the bibliographic search. The work done is presented in front of the group.
Practice 1. Pharmacological anamnesis: simulation of a nurse-patient interview.
Practice 2. Adverse reactions to medication: analysis of cases of notifications of suspicion of adverse reactions.
Practice 3. The role of nursing in clinical trials with medications
Practice 4. Safety in medication administration and dose calculation.
Practice 5.Evaluable proof of dose calculation
Prctice 6: Self-learning and shared pharmacology of sex hormones
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
CLASSROOM PRACTICES (PAUL) | 11 | 0.44 | |
THEORY (TE) | 38 | 1.52 | |
Type: Supervised | |||
TUTORIALS | 6 | 0.24 | |
Type: Autonomous | |||
ACTIVITIES WITHOUT A TEACHER | 10 | 0.4 | |
SELF-STUDY | 80 | 3.2 |
1.-Theory lessons in which the contents of the subject will be developed. The goal of the theoretical classes is to explain the fundamental basic concepts.
2.- Classroom practices in which students will have an active participation dealing with predetermined situations and practical cases, through the exchange of partial information, the collective analysis of these information and the subsequent debate, and the exhibition of works in common. The objective of these seminars is to know the most useful sources of information in pharmacology and to relate the theoretical concepts, nursing activity and decision making to give a synthetic response to the situation raised
3.-Moodle: This tool will be used for the repository of documentation and delivery of evaluable activities. The objective is to facilitate the follow-up of the subject, the learning of contents and skills and the continuous evaluation.
4.-Individual tutorials for students who may need them, according to the teacher's criteria or the student's demand.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Evaluation through case studies and problem solving | 15% | 2 | 0.08 | 3, 5, 9, 8 |
Writing Evaluation of Dose medication Problems | 10% | 1 | 0.04 | 2, 3, 7, 5 |
Written evaluation through objective tests (1st part): multiple choice | 37,5% | 1 | 0.04 | 1, 2, 7, 6 |
Written evaluation through objective tests (2nd part): multiple choice | 37,5% | 1 | 0.04 | 1, 4, 3, 7, 6 |
The competences will be evaluated through a final, formative and continuous evaluation. The qualification system will be alphanumeric.
Theory
Written evaluation through objective tests. Written objective tests will release theoretical material and they will be organized in 2 partial exams with multiple answer questions. This evaluation will have a specific weight of 75% of the final grade of the subject.
Classroom practices
Written evaluation of drug dosage calculation problems. It will have a specific weight of 10% of the subject's final grade.
Written evaluation of group discussion and case work projects. Oral defense of group work. It will have a specific weight of 15% of the subject's final grade.
Seminars' attendance: it will be necessary to attend 70% of the seminars to pass the subject. Non-attendance must be justified
In a schematic manner, it will be evaluated as follows:
- Theory
Two test type partial tests: numerical note between 0-10, each one of the tests will represent 37.5% of the final note. The first test will take place during the month of December and the second one once the subject is completed.
Recovery test: written exam "test type" in the case of not having released the subject in both partial exams.
Numeric note between 0-10 (75% of the final grade).
- Classroom practices
Resolution of calculation problems: numeric note between 0-10 (10% of the final mark).
Group work: numeric note between 0-10 (15% of the final mark).
Evaluation criteria:
To pass the subject:
Students must have a score of 5 ormore in each of the 2 partials andascore of 5 or more in the specialized seminars (group work + oral defense) and a score of 5 or more in the written testof dose calculation; or a score of 5 or more on the recovery test (75% of the final grade) and 5 or more on the cases' seminars and dose calculation (25% of the final grade).
To participate in the recovery, students must have previously been evaluated in a set of activities whose weight is equivalent to a minimum of 62% of the total grade of the subject
Definition of NON-EVALUABLE:it will be understood as non-evaluable when:
- the student does not carry out the written objective tests of multiple-choice questions or, if applicable, he does not sit for the recovery test.
- the student does not attend at 30 % of the case seminars without justification
Exam review: Written tests may be reviewed during the period determined for this purpose, once published the final mark. Beyond the established limit, requests for revision will not be accepted.
Treatment of possible individual cases: they will be handled by an evaluation committee.
Single assessment
- There will be a multiple-choice exam or an assessment of theoretical knowledge and knowledge of the practical cases of the PAULs (90%).
- There will be an exam of short questions about the PAUL and with dosage calculation problems (10%).
-The same recovery system will be applied as for the continuous assessment (75% of the final qualification) and a recovery exam of short questions on the PAUL of the cases and dose calculation (25% of the final qualification)
- The review of the final qualification follows the same procedure as for the continuous assessment.
-The criterion of NOT EVALUABLE will be applied to students who do not complete both the theoretical and practical evaluation tests specified by the single evaluation
Nurse specific
Castells S, Hernández M. Farmacología en enfermería. 4ª ed. Barcelona: Elsevier; 2024.
Mosquera JM, Galdós P. Farmacología clínica para enfermería. 4ª ed. Madrid: McGraw-Hill Interamericana; 2005.
Dose calculation
Boyer, Mari Jo. Matemáticas para enfermeras. Guía de bolsillo para el cálculo de dosis y la preparación de medicamentos. 10ª Edición. Ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2020.
Harvey M. Cálculo y administración de medicamentos.5a ed. Barcelona: Wolters Kluwer; 2018.
General
James M. Ritter,Rod Flower, Graeme Henderson,Yoon Kong Loke, David MacEwan, Humphrey P.Rang. Rang & Dale´s Pharmacology. Ninth edition. Elsevier Health Sciences; 2020
Flórez J, Armijo JA, Mediavilla A. Farmacología Humana. 6ª edición. Barcelona: Elsevier Masson SA; 2014. Lüllmann, Mohr, Hein. Farmacología: texto y atlas. 6ªedición. Barcelona: Masson; 2010.
Raffa, Robert B. Netter. Farmacología ilustrada. Barcelona : Elsevier, cop. 2008
Golan DE, Tashjian AH, Armstrong EJ, Armstrong AW. Principios de farmacología. 5ª edició. Barcelona: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2017
Diccionari Enciclopèdic de Medicina: https://cit.iec.cat/DEM/default.asp?opcio=1
WEBgrafia
Agència Espanyola del Medicament i Productes Sanitaris (AEMPS):
Canal Salut de la Generalitat de Catalunya
http://medicaments.gencat.cat/ca/inici/
Harmonization guidelines
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Newsletters
The Registered Nurses'Association of Ontario (RNAO)
http://rnao.ca/bpg/language?tid=261
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Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(PAUL) Classroom practices | 101 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |
(PAUL) Classroom practices | 102 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |
(PAUL) Classroom practices | 103 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |
(PAUL) Classroom practices | 104 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |
(PAUL) Classroom practices | 105 | Catalan | first semester | afternoon |
(PAUL) Classroom practices | 106 | Catalan | first semester | afternoon |
(TE) Theory | 101 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 102 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 103 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |