May 25, 2026  
2025-2026 Academic Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Academic Catalog

NUR 5220 - Pharmacology for Advanced Practice Nursing


(4 Credits)

This course focuses on developing an advanced knowledge base of the clinical application of advanced pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics for common disease conditions across the lifespan. Principles of clinical pharmacology, therapeutics, pharmacokinetics, and drug metabolism will create a framework for evidenced-based pharmacological decision-making for advanced practice nursing related to individual patient characteristics (e.g., age, culture, ethnicity, gender). The legal aspects of prescribing will be fully addressed.
Modality: Online, Sixty (60) academic hours.