UOGP040 Pharmacology

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Olga Nedopílková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petra Halvová, Ph.D.
Institute of Paramedical Health Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is one of a set of compulsory courses. It provides fundamentals of clinical pharmacology, to which other courses of the field of study are tied. An important part also consist in issues of desired and adverse effects of medicine, whose monitoring is one of nurse's basic duties Learning outcomes: Professional knowledge: The students demonstrate their knowledge of pharmacologic fundamentals; they know and can describe main groups of medicines. They can enumerate common adverse effects and manifestations of interactions. Professional skills: The students can recognize adverse effects of drugs and other complications accompanying pharmacotherapy. They can cooperate with doctors while ensuring a safe course of pharmacotherapy. General ability: The students orientate themselves in common drugs indicated for various diseases and their characteristics in relation to patients and as to care of them. Competence: The students are able to identify adverse effects of drugs professionally and to report them to the doctor. They are able to cooperate with doctors as to pharmacotherapy of various illnesses.
Syllabus
  • 1. Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics.
    2. Clinical assessment of drugs, registration of drugs, drug interactions, adverse effects of drugs.
    3. Vegetative nervous system.
    4. Drugs used for therapy of the cardiovascular system.
    5. Antiplatelet therapy, venoactive drugs and drugs influencing the blood coagulation.
    6. Drugs used for respiratory system diseases.
    7. Drugs affecting the gastrointestinal system.
    8. Pain therapy: analgesics, antipyretics, non-steroidal anthireumatics, antiflogistics, drugs taken for gout, opioid analgesics.
    9. Drugs used in anaesthesiology.
    10. Drugs used for neurologic and psychiatric diseases.
    11. Cytostatics, antimicrobial therapy.
    12. Hormones, drugs used in obstetrics and urology.
    13. Antidiabetics.
Literature
    required literature
  • ŠLAIS, K. a kol. Klinická farmakologie pro sestry. Distanční studijní opora [online]. c2012, posl. akt. srpen 2012 [cit. 2012-09-23]. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2012. URL info
  • MARTÍNKOVÁ, J. a kol. Farmakologie. Pro studenty zdravotnických oborů. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-80-247-1356-4. info
  • PROCHÁZKOVÁ, V., HOLFEUEROVÁ, J. Léková terapie v ošetřovatelství. Brno: NCO NZO, 2005. ISBN 80-7013-428-3. info
    recommended literature
  • HYNIE, S. Farmakologie v kostce. Praha: Triton, 2001. ISBN 80-7254-181-1. info
  • EISENHAUER, L. A., NICHOLS, L. W., SPENCER, R. T., BERGMAN, F. W. Clinical Pharmacology and Nursing Management. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1998. ISBN 0-397-55329-3. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 18 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
Attendance in a minimum of 80 % and passing the credit test (cut-off score 80 %) are prerequisites for credit allocation.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2016, recent)
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