28222 - PHARMACOLOGY

Subject type: Basic

Coordinator: Carolina Chabrera Sanz

Trimester: Second term

Credits: 4

The Pharmacology subject aims to introduce second-year nursing students to the knowledge and use of pharmacological strategies for the treatment of patients.

It is intended that the students know the concepts and general principles essential for the pharmacological treatment of the most frequent diseases in the population. Students must know the beneficial and harmful effects of drugs, their mechanism of action, the risk of interaction with other drugs and food, their use in case of poisoning and their main indications as well as contraindications.

The gender perspective will be an aspect that the teaching staff will take into account by making an inclusive and non-sexist use of language and promoting the equal participation of everyone in an inclusive environment both in master classes and in seminar sessions. The different pharmacological responses in both women and men will become visible. Female bibliographic references will be provided in the classroom to the extent that the subject allows it and the full first name of the authors will be used. Regarding the images of the content in the teaching material, the non-perpetuation of stereotypes will be encouraged.

The subject's methodology will be carried out by combining face-to-face classroom time with independent work time, supported by the virtual learning environment. 

The distribution is distributed as follows:

General pharmacology

Introduction to the subject. Basic principles of pharmacology

Origin and composition of drugs

Research and development of new drugs. Pre-clinical, clinical trials and pharmacovigilance

Medicinal forms of common use

Routes of drug administration

Pharmacokinetics: dynamics of absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination of drugs

Pharmacodynamics: molecular mechanisms of action of drugs

             Individual drug responses. Pharmacogenetics

             Adverse drug reactions. Allergies and intolerances, toxic effects

             Interactions between drugs and between drugs and food

Endocrine Pharmacology

Blood glucose control: Insulin and hypoglycemics

Thyroid and antithyroid drugs

Pharmacology of the respiratory system

Bronchodilators

Antitussives, mucolytics and expectorants

Cardiovascular and renal pharmacology

Antihypertensives

Pharmacology of heart failure

Antiarrhythmics

Pharmacology of the digestive tract

Antacids and antiemetics

Drugs for gastric motility disorders

Pharmacotherapy of inflammatory bowel disease

Anti-inflammatory and analgesic

Analgesics, antipyretics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

Opiates

Antiinfectives

Antibiotics

Antifungals

Antivirals and antiretrovirals

Neuropharmacology

Autonomic nervous system

            Cholinergics and anticholinergics

            Adrenergic and antiadrenergic

Central nervous system

            Neurotransmission

            Antidepressants and anxiolytics

            Antipsychotics

            Opioids and analgesics

            Antiepileptics and anticonvulsants

            Treatment of neurodegenerative diseases

            Hypnotics and sedatives

Pharmacology of hypercholesterolemia

Treatment of hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis

Hematopoietic system

Anticoagulants, fibrinolytics and antiplatelets

Hematopoietic and antianemic growth factors

Treatments for intoxications

SEMINARS:

They will consist of 3 two-hour sessions where the different concepts learned during the lectures will be worked on in an applied manner.

The resolution of these will have to be delivered according to the pre-established working groups at the beginning of each session.

The evaluation of the subject is continuous, through different tools to assess the different skills needed to pass the subject.

Competencies will be assessed through the following activities:

It is necessary to obtain at least a grade of 5 in the individual exam as an indispensable condition to pass the subject.

The resit assessment will consist of a combined test of multiple-choice questions and short questions similar to the final exam.

As established in article 5 of Royal Decree 1125/2003, the results obtained by the student will be graded according to the numerical scale from 0 to 10, with the corresponding grade:

0 – 4,9: suspension (SS)

5 – 6,9: Pass (AP)

7 – 8,9: remarkable (NT)

9 – 10: excellent (SB)

When the qualification of the subject is of Excellent (mark superior to 9 points) the educational of the asignatura will be able to consider if the student chooses to obtain the qualification of matrícula of honor (MH).

The mark obtained from both the seminar part and the questionnaire part will be maintained when calculating the final mark in case of obtaining a mark higher than 5 points out of 10.

In accordance with current regulations, you can only opt for recovery, if it has been suspended the subject. If the rating is Not presented, you will not be eligible for recovery.

The total or partial copy in any of the learning activities will mean a "Not Presented" in the subject, without option to present in the proof of recovery and without prejudice of the opening of a file for this reason.

Castells Molina, Silvia; Hernandez Perez, Margarita. Pharmacology in nursing. 3rd edition. Elsevier, 2012.

Lorenzo, Pedro; Moreno, Alfonso; Lizasoain, Ignacio; Leza, Juan Carlos; Moro, Maria Ángeles, Portolés, Antonio. Velázquez: Basic and clinical pharmacology. 19th edition. Pan American Medicine, 2018.

Ritter, James M; Flower, Rod J; Henderson, Graeme; Loke, Yoon Kong; MacEwan, David; Rang, Humphrey P. Rang and Dale. Pharmacology 9th edition. Elsevier 2020

Armijo, Juan Antonio; Mediavilla, Africa. Human pharmacology. 6th edition, Elsevier Masson, 2014.

Somoza, Beatriz; Cano, Mª Victoria; Guerra, Pedro Enrique. Pharmacology in nursing. Theory and practical cases. Pan American, 2020.