The present study was designed to compare the pharmacology training of nurse practitioner programs with medical and dental progranms. In all, 73 schools in 14 states were selected Jbr the study. This sample was composed of 40 nurse practitioner programs, 19 schools of medicine, and 14 schools of dentistry. The major findings were that (1) significan t differences were found among the three sch7ool types on didactic hours spent on basic pharmacologicalprinciples, central nervous system depressants and stimulants, psychopharmacology, drug effects on the nervous system, cardiovascular agent, endocrine agents, chemotherapy, and poisons and antidotes; and (2) no statistically significant differences were found among the t ree schools in ocular pharmacology, respiratory and gastrointestinal tract agents, and drug interactions.
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