NURSING 506
Pharmacology for Nursing Practice
Jennifer Mando Vandrick, Tonya L. Willingham
Description from DukeHub
This course builds a strong foundation on pharmacologic knowledge of agents used across the lifespan for health promotion, health maintenance, and the treatment of illnesses. Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic concepts are learned and applied across broad categories of medication therapies. Core tenets of nursing care associated with drug therapy are integrated throughout the course. Upon completion of this course, learners will have the knowledge and skills to prepare, administer, and monitor therapeutic agents safely and effectively.
Skills
- clinicaldescription: "therapies" and 2 more
AI-resilient: 1 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- Yes: Live work with people · "therapies"
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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