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Pharmacology for Nursing Students

This document provides an overview of Module 2 from a pharmacology course on drug names, forms, and routes of administration. The module introduces chemical names, generic names, and trade names that drugs can have. It also covers the different forms drugs can take and the various routes of administration, including parenteral routes like intravenous, intramuscular, and subcutaneous. The goal is for students to understand drug naming, forms, routes of administration, and to apply the nursing process when administering medications.

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Pharmacology for Nursing Students

This document provides an overview of Module 2 from a pharmacology course on drug names, forms, and routes of administration. The module introduces chemical names, generic names, and trade names that drugs can have. It also covers the different forms drugs can take and the various routes of administration, including parenteral routes like intravenous, intramuscular, and subcutaneous. The goal is for students to understand drug naming, forms, routes of administration, and to apply the nursing process when administering medications.

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EASTERN UNIVERSITY

INSTIITUTE OF NURSING

NUR1207 PHARMACOLOGY

MODULE 2: DRUG NAMES, FORMS, AND ROUTES OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION

I. Introduction:

Each drug may have a chemical name, a generic name, and a trade name.
Medications are provided in several different forms and may be administered
by several different routes. Parenteral medications are those administered by
injection. Parenteral routes includes intradermal, subcutaneous, intramuscular, Z-
track technique, intravenous, and intraosseous. Advances in drug administration
therapy continue to enhance safety, increase accessibility to sites, promote
patient mobility, and improve patient adherence. The nursing process should be
followed when administering medications.

1.1 Goal and Objectives:

Upon completion of this module, the student is expected to:


1. Recognize the names of the drugs such as the chemical, generic, and brand names
2. Differentiate forms and routes of drug administration.
3. Analyze the nursing interventions related to administration of medications by various
routes
4. Apply the nursing process to the administration of medication.

II. Instruction:

A. Watch the video


B. Read Unit 1 & II: Drug Names, forms, and routes of drugs administration

God Bless and Happy Learning…

Prepared by: Mayla D. Rivera, MAN, RN, IPC Page 1

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