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Apply basic pharmacology principles to medication management
Assessment Strategies
in an oral or written response to scenarios and/or questions
Criteria
response differentiates between drug actions and drug effects
response differentiates between systemic effects and local effects
response differentiates between loading dose and maintenance dose
response differentiates among therapeutic, toxic, and lethal dose
response describes various undesirable drug effects
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Compare and contrast drug forms, routes of administration and vehicles
Assessment Strategies
in an oral or written response to scenarios and/or questions
Criteria
response among between drug forms
response relates routes of administration to onset of action
response determines appropriate route of administration on a given patient scenario
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Calculate medication dosage
Assessment Strategies
by performing dosage calculations
Criteria
calculate dosages based on weight
interpret and use medical abbreviations pertaining to medication administration
convert from one measurement system to another
calculate dosages from percentage-strength solutions
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Examine the pharmacodynamics of mucolytics and surfactants
Assessment Strategies
in an oral, written, or graphical response to scenarios and/or questions
Criteria
examination includes the classifications and actions of the drugs
examination includes examples of when, how and to whom drugs may be administered
examination includes the side effects and special considerations associated with the drugs
examination includes considerations and implications of using the drugs and the cardiopulmonary status of the patient
examination includes recommended age specific dosage
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Examine the pharmacodynamics of bronchodilators
Assessment Strategies
in an oral, written, or graphical response to scenarios and/or questions
Criteria
examination includes the classifications and actions of the drugs
examination includes examples of when, how and to whom drugs may be administered
examination includes the side effects and special considerations associated with the drugs
examination includes considerations and implications of using the drugs and the cardiopulmonary status of the patient
examination includes recommended age specific dosage
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Examine the pharmacodynamics of anti-inflammatories, steroidal and non steroidal
Assessment Strategies
in an oral, written, or graphical response to scenarios and/or questions
Criteria
examination includes the classifications and actions of the drugs
examination includes examples of when, how and to whom drugs may be administered
examination includes the side effects and special considerations associated with the drugs
examination includes considerations and implications of using the drugs and the cardiopulmonary status of the patient
examination includes recommended age specific dosage
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Examine the pharmacodynamics of cardiopulmonary drugs, vasoactives, antiarrhythmics, vasodilators, pulmonary vasodilators vasoconstrictors, diuretics
Assessment Strategies
in an oral, written, or graphical response to scenarios and/or questions
Criteria
examination includes the classifications and actions of the drugs
examination includes examples of when, how and to whom drugs may be administered
examination includes the side effects and special considerations associated with the drugs
examination includes considerations and implications of using the drugs and the cardiopulmonary status of the patient
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Examine the pharmacodynamics of anesthetics, analgesics, sedatives, hypnotics, and reversal agents
Assessment Strategies
in an oral, written, or graphical response to scenarios and/or questions
Criteria
examination includes the classifications and actions of the drugs
examination includes examples of when, how and to whom drugs may be administered
examination includes the side effects and special considerations associated with the drugs
examination includes considerations and implications of using the drugs and the cardiopulmonary status of the patient
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Examine the pharmacodynamics of aerosolized antifibrinolytics and anticoagulants
Assessment Strategies
in an oral, written, or graphical response to scenarios and/or questions
Criteria
examination includes the classifications and actions of the drugs
examination includes examples of when, how and to whom drugs may be administered
examination includes the side effects and special considerations associated with the drugs
examination includes considerations and implications of using the drugs and the cardiopulmonary status of the patient
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Examine the pharmacodynamics of biologics
Assessment Strategies
in an oral, written, or graphical response to scenarios and/or questions
Criteria
examination includes the classifications and actions of the drugs
examination includes examples of when, how and to whom drugs may be administered
examination includes the side effects and special considerations associated with the drugs
examination includes considerations and implications of using the drugs and the cardiopulmonary status of the patient
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Examine the pharmacodynamics of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulators (CFTR)
Assessment Strategies
in an oral, written, or graphical response to scenarios and/or questions
Criteria
examination includes the classifications and actions of the drugs
examination includes examples of when, how and to whom drugs may be administered
examination includes the side effects and special considerations associated with the drugs
examination includes considerations and implications of using the drugs and the cardiopulmonary status of the patient