NURS 9731 Pharmacotherapeutics in Advanced Practice Nursing

This course will provide the advanced practice nursing student with the fundamental pharmacologic principles necessary to support pharmacotherapeutic decision making in collaboration with patients across the lifespan. The interrelationship of physical, psychosocial, cultural, pharmacogenomic, economic, ethical, and legal factors will be explored. The student will develop evidence-based, cost effective interventions to promote optimal person-centered drug therapy. Application of these principles to various real world clinical situations and individual responses will be emphasized.

Course overview

Department
Nursing
School
CSON
Credits
3
Level
Graduate
Offered
Every Summer, Every Spring

Catalog details

Prerequisites
NURS9730
Corequisites
NURS9730

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Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating
3.70 / 5 · Very Good
279 responses
Instructor rating
4.04 / 5 · Very Good
279 responses
Terms evaluated
7
Most recent: Spring 2026

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
TermInstructorCourse overallInstructor overallWell organizedClear learning objectivesIntellectually challengingHelpful assignmentsApplicable beyond courseAttendance necessaryWeekly effortResponses
Spring 2026Kellie Lapierre4.33.74.74.04.75.04.75.010+ hrs/week3 of 3
Spring 2026Patricia Underwood4.34.04.74.04.75.04.75.010+ hrs/week3 of 3
Summer 2025Kenneth Faulkner4.44.74.74.84.74.64.74.34–6 hrs/week43 of 61
Summer 2024Kenneth Faulkner4.64.84.94.94.84.64.84.74–6 hrs/week65 of 84
Summer 2023Kenneth Faulkner—————————31 of 40
Spring 2023Lisa Wood2.53.13.44.04.23.04.13.04–6 hrs/week33 of 38
Spring 2023Patricia Tabloski2.53.13.44.04.23.04.13.04–6 hrs/week33 of 38
Summer 2022Kellie Lapierre2.52.83.13.64.03.63.83.94–6 hrs/week26 of 38
Spring 2022Matthew Duprey3.33.84.04.24.93.94.33.47–9 hrs/week21 of 39
Spring 2022Patricia Tabloski3.33.74.04.24.93.94.33.47–9 hrs/week21 of 39

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

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