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NUR 418 Pharmacology In Midwifery

HND2 levelMedical & Health Sciences14 topics

NUR 418 covers 14 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Drug concept and drug revolving fund
  2. Drugs for common pregnancy disorders
  3. Drugs for malaria, anaemia and pregnancy-induced hypertension
  4. Drugs in normal and complicated labour
  5. Resuscitative drugs for mother and newborn
  6. Drugs for immunological conditions
  7. Immunization schedule for mother and baby
  8. Midwife-initiated drugs in pregnancy, labour and puerperium
  9. Contraceptives, antiseptics, ORS and antiretroviral drugs
  10. Pain concepts, theories and pathways
  11. Pain threshold and factors influencing it
  12. Pharmacological pain relief in midwifery
  13. Midwife’s role in pain management and anaesthesia care
  14. Alternative methods of pain relief

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Drug concept and drug revolving fund

The drug concept explains what constitutes a drug, its classification, and its pharmacological principles, which are essential for understanding therapeutic choices in midwifery. The drug revolving fund (DRF) is a financial mechanism that enables health facilities to maintain a sustainable supply of essential medicines by selling drugs at cost and replenishing the fund, a key topic for Nigerian tertiary exams on…

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