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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Requirements fulfilled

No source-backed degree requirement is attached to this course yet.

Official evaluation summary

3.70 / 5

Based on 279 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-08-02. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

  • Kellie Lapierre
    Spring 2026, Summer 2022 · Official rating 2.89/5
  • Kenneth Faulkner
    Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023 · Official rating 4.82/5
  • Lisa Wood
    Spring 2023 · Official rating 3.13/5
  • Matthew Duprey
    Spring 2022 · Official rating 3.81/5
  • Patricia Tabloski
    Spring 2023, Spring 2022 · Official rating 3.31/5
  • Patricia Underwood
    Spring 2026 · Official rating 4.00/5

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