1. komponenta

Lecture type	Total
Exercises	15
Lectures	30

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

The aim of the course is for students to acquire basic knowledge and information in the field of pharmacotherapy, pharmacology and clinical pharmacology necessary for professional nursing graduates in their everyday work with patients.

1. explain the foundations of general pharmacology and clinical pharmacology according to areas
2. describe the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the main groups of drugs
3. recognize the expected effects of the most commonly used drugs, their side effects and interactions
4. list medications, their use and effects in special groups of patients (elderly,
   children, pregnant women, in case of impaired kidney or liver function)
5. present basic knowledge about clinical trials of drugs as well as legislation in the field of drugs

1. Klinička farmakologija, Igor Francetić, Dinko Vitezić, Medicinska naklada, 2014.
2. Lijekovi - Oblici i primjena, Šokota A., Kalauz S., Naklada Slap, 2008.

1. Farmakologija, Ostojić Kolonić S, Pavliša G, Mandac Rogulj I., Zdravstveno veleučilište, Zagreb, 2012.
2. Focus on Nursing Pharmacology (6th Ed), Karch AM, Lynn P, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2014.

Mandatory course - Regular studij - Nursing