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TEST BANK FOCUS ON NURSING PHARMACOLOGY (8TH EDITION BY KARCH) CHAPTERS 01-59 LATEST UPDATE 2024 Contents Chapter 01 - Introduction to Drugs 4 Chapter 02 - Drugs and the Body 23 Chapter 03 - Toxic Effects of Drugs 42 Chapter 04 - The Nursing Process in Drug Therapy and Patient Safety ...

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Contents
Chapter 01 - Introduction to Drugs ............................................................................................ 4

Chapter 02 - Drugs and the Body ............................................................................................ 23

Chapter 03 - Toxic Effects of Drugs ........................................................................................ 42

Chapter 04 - The Nursing Process in Drug Therapy and Patient Safety ................................. 60

Chapter 05 - Dosage Calculations............................................................................................ 79

Chapter 06 - Challenges to Effective Drug Therapy ............................................................... 94

Chapter 07 - Introduction to Cell Physiology ........................................................................ 113

Chapter 08 - Antiinfective Agents ......................................................................................... 130

Chapter 09 - Antibiotics ......................................................................................................... 149

Chapter 10 - Antiviral Agents ................................................................................................ 168

Chapter 11 - Antifungal Agents ............................................................................................. 186

Chapter 12 - Antiprotozoal Agents ........................................................................................ 203

,Chapter 13 - Anthelmintic Agents ......................................................................................... 220

Chapter 14 - Antineoplastic Agents ....................................................................................... 237

Chapter 15 - Introduction to the Immune Response and Inflammation................................. 256

Chapter 16 - Antiinflammatory, Antiarthritis, and Related Agents ....................................... 274

Chapter 17 - Immune Modulators .......................................................................................... 291

Chapter 18 - Vaccines and Sera ............................................................................................. 309

Chapter 19 - Introduction to Nerves and the Nervous System .............................................. 327

Chapter 20 - Anxiolytic and Hypnotic Agents ...................................................................... 344

Chapter 21 - Antidepressant Agents ...................................................................................... 362

Chapter 22 - Psychotherapeutic Agents ................................................................................. 380

Chapter 23 - Antiseizure Agents ............................................................................................ 397

Chapter 24 - Antiparkinsonism Agents.................................................................................. 414

Chapter 25 - Muscle Relaxants .............................................................................................. 430

Chapter 26 - Narcotics, Narcotic Antagonists, and Antimigraine Agents ............................. 447

Chapter 27 - General and Local Anesthetic Agents............................................................... 463

Chapter 28 - Neuromuscular Junction Blocking Agents ....................................................... 480

Chapter 29 - Introduction to the Autonomic Nervous System .............................................. 498

Chapter 30 - Adrenergic Agonists ......................................................................................... 515

Chapter 31 - Adrenergic Antagonists .................................................................................... 531

Chapter 32 - Cholinergic Agonists ........................................................................................ 548

Chapter 33 - Anticholinergic Agents ..................................................................................... 565

Chapter 34 - Introduction to the Endocrine System............................................................... 582

Chapter 35 - Hypothalamic and Pituitary Agents .................................................................. 598

Chapter 36 - Adrenocortical Agents ...................................................................................... 614

Chapter 37 - Thyroid and Parathyroid Agents ....................................................................... 631

Chapter 38 - Agents to Control Blood Glucose Levels ......................................................... 648

Chapter 39 - Introduction to the Reproductive System ......................................................... 665

,Chapter 40 - Drugs Affecting the Female Reproductive System .......................................... 683

Chapter 41 - Drugs Affecting the Male Reproductive System .............................................. 700

Chapter 42 - Introduction to the Cardiovascular System ....................................................... 717

Chapter 43 - Drugs Affecting Blood Pressure ....................................................................... 735

Chapter 44 - Agents for Treating Heart Failure ..................................................................... 754

Chapter 45 - Antiarrhythmic Agents...................................................................................... 770

Chapter 46 - Antianginal Agents ........................................................................................... 787

Chapter 47 - Lipid-Lowering Agents ..................................................................................... 804

Chapter 48 - Drugs Affecting Blood Coagulation ................................................................. 821

Chapter 49 - Drugs Used to Treat Anemias ........................................................................... 837

Chapter 50 - Introduction to the Renal System ...................................................................... 853

Chapter 51 - Diuretic Agents ................................................................................................. 870

Chapter 52 - Drugs Affecting the Urinary Tract and the Bladder ......................................... 886

Chapter 53 - Introduction to the Respiratory System ............................................................ 903

Chapter 54 - Drugs Acting on the Upper Respiratory Tract .................................................. 921

Chapter 55 - Drugs Acting on the Lower Respiratory Tract ................................................. 939

Chapter 56 - Introduction to the Gastrointestinal System ...................................................... 957

Chapter 57 - Drugs Affecting Gastrointestinal Secretions .................................................... 973

Chapter 58 - Drugs Affecting Gastrointestinal Motility ........................................................ 988

Chapter 59 - Antiemetic Agents .......................................................................................... 1004

, Test Bank - Focus on Nursing Pharmacology (8th Edition by Karch)


1. A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a computed
tomography(CT) scan. The nurse working on the oncology unit administers
chemotherapy to patients who have cancer. At the Public Health Department, a nurse
administers a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to a 14-month-old child as a
routine immunization. Which branch of pharmacology best describes the actions of all
three nurses?
a. Pharmacoeconomics
b. Pharmacotherapeutics
c. Pharmacodynamics
d. Pharmacokinetics


Ans: B
Feedback:
Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals. Nurses are involved
with clinical pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is a branch of
pharmacology that deals with the uses of drugs to treat, prevent, and diagnose disease.
The radiology nurse is administering a drug to help diagnose a disease. The oncology
nurse is administering a drug to help treat a disease.
Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs involved in drug therapy. Pharmacodynamics
involves how a drug affects the body and pharmacokinetics is how the body acts on
the body.


2. A physician has ordered intramuscular (IM) injections of morphine, a narcotic, every 4
hours as neededfor pain in a motor vehicle accident victim. The nurse is aware this drug
has a high abuse potential. Under what category would morphine be classified?
a. Schedule I
b. Schedule II
c. Schedule III
d. Schedule IV

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