IH70 An introduction to pharmacology

Course summary

This two day course will give you the basic principles for the safe use and supply of medicines in a frontline clinic.

Who should attend?

Practice Nurses
District Nurses
Nurse Practitioners
General Nurses

Important notes

All course material, evaluations and certificate of attendance provided.

Cost

Course duration	Course CPD	In-house Course
2 day(s)	14 hour(s)	POA

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Aims / objectives

Discuss the basic principles of pharmacology and apply them to a variety of commonly used drugs.
Explore factors that affect how medications work.
Review drug usage for a number of common conditions.
Be aware of possible drug reactions, contraindications and other unwanted effects.

Course programme

Basic principles for the safe use and supply of medicines including:

Factors affecting how medicines work - age, race, other medicines, co-morbidities
Adverse drug reactions - how they occur, what to do about them
Using patient group directions and other mechanisms of supply
Finding out about medicines - knowing what you don't know

Drugs and their uses including:

Actions and uses
Cautions and contraindications
Unwanted effects

Medicines for gastrointestinal disease:

Dyspepsia
Diarrhoea
Constipation

Medicines for infections:

Common infections - including sore throat, acute bronchitis, skin infections, conjunctivitis, coughs and colds, cold sores
Understanding bacterial resistance and how to tackle it

Analgesics:

Musculoskeletal pain
Headache
Fever

Medicines for allergies/skin conditions:

Hayfever
Skin allergies
Dry skin

Led by

TBA