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HLTSC 120 - Pharmacology


Credit Hours: 3
Billable Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisites: BIOL 258  or admission to PN program
Session Cycle: FWSU

This course for nursing and allied health students is designed to introduce the major drug classifications, prototype and common drugs within those classifications, and the specific drug actions and interactions. The course also emphasizes the physiologic effects of drugs on the human body, identifying therapeutic usefulness, adverse effects and contraindications.