Part 1 General information: medication management and prescribing in advanced nursing practice, L. Eisenhauer; psychosociocultural aspects of drug therapy, L. Eisenhauer; variations in patient responses - role of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics, L. Eisenhauer; patient assessment and drug therapy, L. Eisenhauer; monitoring and evaluation of drug therapy - therapeutic effectiveness and side effects, L. Eisenhauer; clinical issues in specific populations - use of drugs in pregnancy/lactation, L. Eisenhauer; clinical issues in specific populations - drug therapy in elderly patients, L. Eisenhauer. Part 2 Drug therapy issues and applications: immunizations in adults, P. Stevenson; use of hormones in women's life cycle - oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy, M. Murphy; epidosic symptom management, M. Murphy; pain management, L. Eisenhauer; principles of prescribing and use of antibiotics, M. Murphy;; cardiac drug therapy in ambulatory patients, S. Chase; drug therapy in peptic ulcer disease, L. Eisenhauer; drug therapy in selected chronic conditions (drugs for anaemia, anticonvulsants, thyroid), M. Murphy; management and monitoring of diabetic drug therapy, M. Murphy; steroid drug therapy, L. Eisenhauer; psychotropics in primary care, K. Bailey; asthma drug therapy, M. Murphy; management of side effects of cancer chemotherapy, G. Wilkes. Part 3 Cases. Appendixes.
