NR565 Advanced Pharmacology Fundamentals
Week 1 Discussion
Building A Community
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to introduce yourself to your peers and faculty. Online courses can seem impersonal. One way to build community is to become better acquainted. This introduction discussion will help to build a learning community.
The initial posting to the graded collaborative discussions is due by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT. Peer and faculty responses are due by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT.
Preparing the Assignment
Post a written response in the discussion forum for each question. This assignment does not require citations or references.
Introduce yourself to peers and faculty.
Tell us about yourself and your personal interests.
Share why you chose to be a Nurse Practitioner.
What thoughts and feelings do you have about prescribing medications in your new role?
NR565 Advanced Pharmacology Fundamentals
Week 1 Assignment
Overview
To complete your exam or quiz, please make sure to access it using the Examplify application. If you have not installed this yet, please review the Examsoft Resources pageLinks to an external site. and find the Installing Examplify page for more details.
Your faculty will provide you with a password via an email or course announcement.
Please note that grades will be manually published by your faculty. If you have any questions about the grade after you have completed the exam or quiz, please contact your faculty.
You will see the screen below in Examplify once you start this quiz. Please click “Continue” to proceed to the Open Book Quiz.
You will see the screen below in Examplify once you start this quiz. Please click “Continue” to proceed to the Open Book Quiz.
You will be able to use your e-book during this quiz.
To do this, you simply minimize your Examplify screen and open your e-book the same way you usually do so.
NR565 Advanced Pharmacology Fundamentals
Week 2 Assignment
State Specific Guidelines for Prescribing Controlled Substances & Medical Devices
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to provide the student with an opportunity to explore the most recent guidelines and recommendations in the student's state of practice for pain management therapies and education; as well as to understand specific state regulations governing controlled substance prescriptions and medical devices.
Activity Learning Outcomes
Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to:
Identify and describe at least one current state specific guideline for pain management therapy and education.
Explore other organizations or pain initiatives that are offered by the state (if applicable) and federal bodies.
Describe state specific laws that apply to the authority to prescribe controlled substances and medical devices.
Explore the state's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP).
Due Date:
Assignment should be submitted to the Week 2 State Specific Guidelines for Prescribing Controlled Substances & Medical Devices dropbox by Sunday 11:59 p.m. MST at the end of Week 2.
This assignment will follow the late assignment policy specified in the course syllabus.
students are expected to submit assignments by the time they are due. Assignments submitted after the due date and time will receive a deduction of 10% of the total points possible for that assignment for each day the assignment is late. Assignments will be accepted, with penalty as described, up to a maximum of three days late, after which point a zero will be recorded for the assignment.
In the event of a situation that prevents timely submission of an assignment, students may petition their instructor for a waiver of the late submission grade reduction. The instructor will review the student's rationale for the request and make a determination based on the merits of the student's appeal. Consideration of the student's total course performance to date will be a contributing factor in the determination. Students should continue to attend class, actively participate, and complete other assignments while the appeal is pending.
Preparing the Assignment:
The State Specific Guidelines for Prescribing Controlled Substances & Medical Devices assignment is worth 125 points and will be graded on the quality of required components as summarized in the directions and grading criteria/rubric.
Follow the directions and the grading criteria located in the rubric closely. Any questions about this assignment may be posted under the Q & A Forum or emailed to your faculty.
The document provided should be used and your answers provided within the table provided on this documentLinks to an external site..
Sources/links should be obtained directly from the state's regulatory organization(s).
It is recommended that you keep a copy of this assignment to provide to potential employers or your Board of Nursing to demonstrate your knowledge of your state laws.
Requirements:
Guidelines and recommendations for your state:
In response to the opioid epidemic, individual states have developed and adopted voluntary guidelines or recommendations for the treatment of acute and chronic non-cancer pain. Based on research done on the state where you will practice clinically, include the following:
Provide the name of your practicing state's organization, group or task force that created guidelines or recommendations for pain management therapies and education.
Briefly describe an overview of its development and include a web address where this information can be found. If your state does not have guidelines, discuss a federal guideline. (Note: you may need to contact your state's board of nursing, pharmacy, or medicine if you cannot locate it on your own).
Some states have multiple organizations or initiatives (ex: Ohio) in place to combat the opioid epidemic and advocate for safer opioid prescribing. Explore whether your state has other resources, groups or organizations where prescribers can reference best practices for pain management treatment. If applicable, provide a brief overview of the group's recommendations or initiatives. If your state does not have another state-specific resource, discuss the guidelines published by the American Pain Society OR Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Discuss when the use of opioids is appropriate and for what duration should they be prescribed? Provide a reference for your response. (This question is worth 13 points. 5 points for when opioids are appropriate, 5 points for a safe duration of use, and 3 points for a current edition APA formatted reference.)
State specific laws on controlled substance prescribing for the nurse practitioner:
Research your state laws on advanced practice nurses' authority to prescribe controlled substances. Based on research done on the state where you will practice clinically, include the following:
Identify the law, rule, code, or statute that describes the advanced practice nurse's authority to prescribe controlled substances in your state.
Discuss the provisions of the law, rule, code, or statute with regard to the following:
Conditions or limits on prescribing schedule I-V controlled substances.
Requirements (if any) in documentation for treating acute and chronic pain.
Are there specific requirements for advanced practice nurses to reference the state's prescription drug monitoring database before prescribing a controlled substance? If so, what are they?
State Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP):
Research your state's PDMP* and provide the following information:
Name of the state's program.
Website for the state PMDP.
Discuss the registration requirements and process.
Discuss the standards and procedures for the access and review of database information.
State specific laws on medical devices prescribing for the nurse practitioner:
Research your state laws on advanced practice nurses' authority to prescribe medical devices. These are also called Durable Medical Equipment (DME). Based on research done on the state where you will practice clinically, include the following:
Identify the law, rule, code, or statute that describes the advanced practice nurse's authority to prescribe medical devices or DME in your state.
Discuss the provisions of the law, rule, code, or statute regarding the following:
Conditions or limits on prescribing medical devices or DME.
Requirements (if any) in documentation needed to support order of medical devices or DME.
NR565 Advanced Pharmacology Fundamentals
Week 3 Assignment
Hypertension & Lipid Treatment Protocol
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to develop a standardized procedure or protocol that is applicable to the nurse practitioner role. This assignment will allow for discovery into protocol development as well as establishing a standardized treatment plan for a given diagnosis according to current evidence. This assignment supports the professional formation of the FNP, AGACNP, AGACNP, and PMHNP practice role.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO1: Identify the most commonly prescribed agents in the major drug classes.
CO2: Make appropriate evidence-based therapeutic treatment decisions for individual patients utilizing drugs from the major drug classes.
CO3: Apply knowledge of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and pharmacogenomics in prescribing patient treatment.
CO4: Distinguish internal and external environment factors affecting drug action, reaction, efficacy, and interaction.
CO5: Identify client indicators of therapeutic, ineffective, adverse responses and side effects to drug therapy.
Preparing the Assignment
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the assignment. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
Complete the outline templateLinks to an external site. provided for the sections highlighted in yellow and the “click to enter text here” is indicated.
Provide references for your protocol at the bottom of the form where indicated. References should come from the following sources:
Clinical Practice Guidelines
DyslipidemiaLinks to an external site.?(Links to an external site.)
HTNLinks to an external site.?(Links to an external site.)
Course Textbook
NR565 Advanced Pharmacology Fundamentals
Week 5 Assignment
Endocrine Case Study
Purpose??
The purpose of this assignment is to apply the principles of pharmacology to support?evidence-based prescribing?practices?for the management of?common diseases of the endocrine system. This assignment allows students to use?clinical practice guidelines to guide treatment decisions for common patient scenarios in the clinical setting.??
Course Outcomes?
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:?
CO 1: Identify the most commonly prescribed agents in the major drug classes. (POs 1, 2)?
CO 2: Make appropriate evidence-based therapeutic treatment decisions for individual patients utilizing drugs from the major drug classes.(POs 1, 2)?
CO 3: Apply knowledge of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and pharmacogenomics in prescribing patient treatment. (POs 1, 2)?
CO 4: Distinguish internal and external environment factors affecting drug action, reaction, efficacy, and interaction. (POs 1, 2)?
CO 5: Identify client indicators of therapeutic, ineffective, adverse responses and side effects to drug therapy. (POs 1, 2)?
Preparing the Assignment
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the assignment. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.?
There are three patient cases presented in this assignment.?You are to use the following to answer the questions.
When you click on the resource links, the links will open in a new window so you will be able to navigate between the resources and the quiz.??
American Diabetes Association. (2020). Figure 9.1 [Graph]. Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2020 Abridged for Primary Care Providers.?https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/38/1/10Links to an external site. (Links to an external site.)??
Rosenthal, L., Burchum, J. (2021). Lehne's pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants (2nd ed.). Elsevier.
You will be presented with a patient case and then a series of questions. This assignment is completed in a quiz format; however, it is not an exam and you are encouraged to use your textbook and course materials. There are 12 questions worth 10 points each and an attestation question worth 0 points for a total of 120 points.
Review the case information and then answer each required question with a succinct, informative answer.
Answers should be one to five sentences in length.
Some questions may require a short one-sentence answer, whereas others require a five-sentence answer for a complete explanation.
Consider the most common and obvious answer.
A scholarly reference is required for answers where a source such as textbook or clinical practice guideline is used to develop your response.
Feedback is provided immediately after completing this assignment only. The feedback provided is general and non-specific to protect the integrity of this assignment due to the unfortunate nature of answer sharing among many students.
There is no time limit for this assignment.
This assignment will need to be completed in one sitting, meaning you will not be able to save your answers and come back to it later. Once you open the quiz, you will need to finish it at that time.
When you are ready to begin this assignment, click the "Take the Quiz" button near the bottom of this page.
NR565 Advanced Pharmacology Fundamentals
Week 6 Assignment
Asthma Case Study
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to apply the principles of pharmacology to support?clinical decisions when prescribing for common acute or chronic diseases. Students will synthesize and apply current knowledge regarding pharmacology to an applied case after exploring the use of a clinical practice guideline to treat asthma.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO 1: Identify the most commonly prescribed agents in the major drug classes. (POs 1, 2)?
CO 2: ?Make appropriate evidence-based therapeutic treatment decisions for individual patients utilizing drugs from the major drug classes. (POs 1, 2)
CO 3: Apply knowledge of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and pharmacogenomics in prescribing patient treatment. (POs 1, 2)
CO 4: Distinguish internal and external environment factors affecting drug action, reaction, efficacy, and interaction. (POs 1, 2)?
CO 5: Identify client indicators of therapeutic, ineffective, adverse responses and side effects to drug therapy. (POs 1, 2)?
Preparing the Assignment
You will be presented with a patient case and then answer a series of questions in the document providedLinks to an external site..?
Resources to support completion of this assignment:?
Course Textbook:
Rosenthal, L. & Burchum, J. (2021).?Lehne's pharmacotherapeutics for advanced practice nurses and physician assistants?(2nd ed.). Elsevier.
Global Initiative for Asthma. Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention, 2021
Direct link to pocket guide:?GINA guidelinesLinks to an external site.
NR565 Advanced Pharmacology Fundamentals
Week 7 Assignment
Patient Teaching Infographic
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is for students to explore the over-the-counter options to manage constipation.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO 1: Identify the most commonly prescribed agents in the major drug classes. (POs 1, 2)?
CO 2: Make appropriate evidence-based therapeutic treatment decisions for individual patients utilizing drugs from the major drug classes. (POs 1, 2)?
CO 3: Apply knowledge of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and pharmacogenomics in prescribing patient treatment. (POs 1, 2)?
CO 4: Distinguish internal and external environment factors affecting drug action, reaction, efficacy, and interaction. (POs 1, 2)?
CO 5: Identify client indicators of therapeutic, ineffective, adverse responses and side effects to drug therapy. (POs 1, 2)
Preparing the Assignment
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the assignment. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
General instructions
Use Canva.com or other infographic development tool of your choice to create a patient teaching aid about over-the-counter treatments for constipation.
Include the following sections/headings. You do not have to use these exact words for headings, but they should be labeled in a way that is very clear to your instructor of which topic you are addressing.
When should a laxative be used?
Classification/Types (Bulk, Osmotic, Stimulant, Surfactant)
How each type works
Examples of each
When should each laxative type be considered?
When would each laxative type be contraindicated?
Caution of laxative overuse
Symptoms of laxative overuse
Long-term health risks of laxative overuse
Who is at risk?
Possible referrals
Format
Readability
Lay language for patients
Creativity
The format should not match the layout shown in the example image. Be creative.
Reference(s)
References used should be noted at the bottom of your infographic in a smaller font as not to distract from information provided but also validating the information came from a reliable source.
References should be from either your textbook or a professional source such as American Gastroenterological AssociationLinks to an external site., Prescriber's Digital Reference, etc. References should not be from sources such as MayoClinic, WebMD, etc. Additionally, avoid use of journal articles for this assignment as you are looking for a more global consensus than that of one journal article.
Screen shot
Provide a screen shot of your infographic in Canva or other platform of your choice.
Make sure to highlight in some manner the day and time your infographic was created like the image below.
The infographic you submit should match the screen shot you submit with your assignment.
Of course, the date your infographic is created should also coincide with the session of your submission.
NR565 Advanced Pharmacology Fundamentals
Week 8 Discussion
Course Reflection
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to allow time of reflection to evaluate self-performance and the meeting of course outcomes that serve student growth as a future practitioner.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO1: Identify the most commonly prescribed agents in the major drug classes (PO 1,2)
CO2: Make appropriate evidence-based therapeutic treatment decisions for individual patients utilizing drugs from the major drug classes (PO 1,2)
CO3: Apply knowledge of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and pharmacogenomics in prescribing patient treatment (PO 1,2)
CO4: Distinguish internal and external environment factors affecting drug action, reaction, efficacy, and interaction (PO 1,2)
CO5: Identify client indicators of therapeutic, ineffective, adverse responses and side effects to drug therapy (PO 1, 2)
Preparing the Assignment
In a Word document, answer the following questions and submit to the assignment dropbox.
Answer all six questions to receive full credit.
Provide the question along with your response.
Citations and references are not required for this assignment.
How has you understanding changed about identifying the most commonly prescribed agents in the major drug classes?
How confident do you feel about analyzing factors pertinent to making the most effective drug selection for a patient with a specific diagnosis in the primary care setting? What resources are needed, if any, to help you feel more confident?
How has your understanding changed regarding analyzing client indicators of therapeutic, ineffective, adverse responses and side effects to drug therapy?
Reflect on your preparedness to write appropriate prescriptions according to evidence-based practice guidelines. What resources are needed, if any, to help you feel more prepared?
