- Apply basic concepts of human growth and development to pharmacology.
- Explain how physical, cognitive, and psychomotor development influence pharmacotherapeutics.
- Describe physiological changes during pregnancy that may affect the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs.
- Describe how the sensitivity of the fetus to drugs changes with gestational age.
- Match the five pregnancy categories with their definitions.
- Identify techniques that the breastfeeding mother can use to reduce drug exposure to the newborn.
- Describe physiological and biochemical changes that occur in the older adult, and how these affect pharmacotherapy.
- Discuss the nursing and pharmacological implications associated with each of the following developmental age groups: prenatal, infancy, toddlerhood, preschool, school age, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, and older adulthood.
