Clinical Pharmacology for NPs & Adv Practice Clinicians

Presented by: 
Margaret A. Fitzgerald, DNP, FNP-BC, NP-C, FAANP, CSP, FAAN, DCC, FNAP 

Sally K. Miller, PhD, AGACNP-BC, AGPCNP-BC, FNP-BC, FAANP 

This course addresses the growing need for a thorough course in the principles of pharmacotherapeutics taught by highly skilled NP educators. 

The course is taught in an intensive format by two of the nation’s most respected NP educators. 

• The Nurse Prescriber: Key legal and legislative issues 

• Principles of Safe Prescribing: Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacogenomics, Drug Interactions

• Prescribing in Special Populations: Older Adults, Pregnancy, Lactation, Children 

• Pharmacological Management of Diabetes Mellitus 

• Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy: Intervention in Bacterial Infection

• Management of Thyroid Disorders 

• Vitamin, Mineral and Herbal Preparations: Issues of Safety and Efficacy 

• Drugs that Affect the Respiratory System: Beta2 Agonist, Methylxanthines, Anticholinergics, Mast Cell Stabilizers, Inhaled and Systemic Corticosteroids, Leukotriene Modifiers, PEDE 4 Inhibitors, Cough and Cold Medications 

• Intervention in Select Hematologic Conditions 

• Hormonal Contraception and Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy 

• Laboratory Monitoring During Drug Therapy 

• Drugs That Affect the Cardiovascular System: Drugs used to treat hypertension, coronary artery disease, and heart failure 

• Pharmacology of Lipid Management for ASCVD Risk Reduction 

• Drugs That Affect Clotting 

• Drugs That Affect the Central Nervous System: Antidepressants, anxiolytics, adrenergic agonists, dopamine agonists 

• Drugs That Affect the GI System: H2 receptor antagonists, proton pump inhibitors, antacids, prokinetic, antidiarrheals, including over-the-counter medications 

• Management of Viral and Fungal Infection 

• Controlled Substance Opioid 

• Pharmacologic Considerations for Topical Medications 

• Controlled Substance Non-opioid