Information Package / Course Catalogue
Pharmacology For Nurses
Course Code: TIP272
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

During the course, students will learn drugs which are the most important equipments to provide health care. They will also gain an overview of the immediate necessities of medicines as well as their use in everyday practice. They will be provided to reach the knowledge level, necessary for learning pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of drugs affecting organ systems, reducing the toxicities, interactions and adverse effects of drugs and improving public health.

Course Content

Basic concepts in pharmacology, pharmacological properties, side effects and toxicity of drugs effective on tissue and organ systems are included in the course. While introducing medicines in accordance with the nursing education program, appropriate information is given for their practical use.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.General concepts about pharmacology
2.Having knowledge about pharmacodynamics / pharmacokinetics
3.Evaluating drugs on the basis of “Rational Drug Use”
4.Analyzing the pharmaceutical forms of drugs and routes of drug administration
5.Gaining the ability to discuss general pharmacological properties of drugs effective to organ systems
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Rasyonel Tedavi Yönünden Tıbbi Farmakoloji, Ed. Oğuz Kayaalp, Pelikan Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2009.
2.Hemşirelik, Fizyoterapi ve Sağlık Ön Lisans Bölümleri için Farmakoloji, Ed. Ayşe Gürel, Güneş Tıp Kitabevi, Ankara, 2016.
3.Sağlık Yüksek Okulları İçin Farmakoloji, Kısaltılmış Temel Bilgiler. İsmet Dökmeci. Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2011.
4.Tik 6 Türkiye İlaçla Tedavi Kılavuzu 2011-2012 Formülleri, Ed. Oğuz Kayaalp, Turgut Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2005
5.Vademecum Modern İlaç Rehberi, Ed. Rıza Ommaty, Medical Tribune Yayıncılık Ltd. Şti. 2008
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to pharmacology, Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics of drugs
Week 2 - Theoretical
Rational drug use, drug administration routes and pharmaceutical forms of drugs
Week 3 - Theoretical
Drug toxicity, adverse effects and interactions (drug-drug, drug food)
Week 4 - Theoretical
Prescription information, rules to be observed in drug applications
Week 5 - Theoretical
The autonomic nervous system and effecting drugs (sympathetic system)
Week 6 - Theoretical
The autonomic nervous systems and effecting drugs (parasympathetic system)
Week 7 - Theoretical
Herbal preparations and poisoning
Week 8 - Theoretical
Central nervous system and effecting drugs, Anesthetics, Respiratory System Drugs
Week 9 - Theoretical
Autocoids, Gastrointestinal system and effecting drugs
Week 10 - Theoretical
Cardiovascular system, Anticoagulant, Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Drugs
Week 11 - Theoretical
Drug addictions, Drugs used in emergency intervention
Week 12 - Theoretical
Antimicrobial agents and other chemotherapeutic drugs
Week 13 - Theoretical
Endocrine system drugs
Week 14 - Theoretical
Fluid and electrolyte balance and renal disease drugs Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Midterm Examination1426
Final Examination18210
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)72
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes