Why do students of nursing study pharmacology?
Nurses are often required to administer drugs to people, consequently they need to have a sound pharmacological knowledge so that they give the right drug for the condition, in the right dose, to the right person. Additionally they need to know if a drug they are administering will interact with a drug or drugs the person is already taking and they need to know what types of side effects the drugs are likely to produce so that they can reassure the person and/or deal with the side effects. Finally, some drugs produce adverse reactions, that is an effect that would not normally be expected from the drug, and nurses need to be sufficiently observant to recognise such effects that are out of the ordinary. Nurses may be asked questions about drugs people are taking and they need to be able to either answer these questions or be able to go to the right place to get the appropriate information. What is the best way to study pharmacology? Many people initially think that the best way to study
