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Womens Health Drug Therapy - 2011

This online course is designed as a pharmacology update for nurse practitioners at the advanced practice level. Each module focuses on current recommendations and pharmacotherapeutic principles for womens health problems commonly seen in primary care. Lectures were recorded in May 2011 at a conference in Seattle, Washington sponsored by the University of Washington School of Nursing. Teaching methods include lecture and downloadable handouts.

Course Objectives
After taking this course, you will be better able to:

  1. Discuss relevant principles of physiology, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
  2. Give a rationale for selecting a drug of choice.
  3. Identify the goals of drug therapy.
  4. Identify desired drug effects and evaluate patient response.
  5. Describe special dosage situations.
  6. Identify appropriate patient learning needs.

Details: Entire Course and Individual Modules

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COURSE REGISTRATION
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 Register for entire course 8.1 8.1  $195.00  Details
INDIVIDUAL MODULE INFORMATION & REGISTRATION
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Dermatology 

 Puzzling Vulvar Dermatology: Choosing the Right Treatment  1.4 1.4 $30.00  Details

Gestational diabetes 

 Drug Management of Gestational Diabetes  0.8 0.8 $25.00  Details

Irritable Bowel Syndrome 

 Irritable Bowel Syndrome Management Strategies in Women in Primary Care  1 1 $30.00  Details

Osteoporosis 

 Managing Osteoporosis in Women in the Primary Care Setting  1.3 1.3 $30.00  Details

Pain 

 Opioid vs. Non-Opioid: Pain Management in the Age of Prescription Abuse  1.2 1.2 $30.00  Details

Pregnancy 

 Medications and Common Ailments in Pregnancy and Lactation  1.3 1.3 $30.00  Details

Thromboembolic disorders 

 Prevention and Management of Thromboembolic Disorders in Women  1.2 1.2 $30.00  Details
 

*Pharmacology at the advanced practice level.





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