Therapeutics and Diagnostic Reasoning

There is a growing need for nurses in both primary and secondary care to address the issues of drug administration, basic therapeutics and the use of drugs in clinical conditions.

Topics covered may include:

• Drug administration
• Diagnostic reasoning
• Pharmacokinetics
• The use and effect of drugs in clinical conditions
• The use of drugs in mental health
• Alternative perspectives on health and care
• Numeracy – mathematics applied to the administration of drugs.