Moderate
Integrated Process: Nursing process 8 8 8
1.A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a comput
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erized axial tomography (CAT) scan. A nurse working on an oncology unit administ
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ers chemotherapy to patients who have cancer. At the Public Health Department, a n
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urse administers a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to a 14- month-
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old child as a routine immunization. Which branch of pharmacology best describes
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8the actions of all three nurses?
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A) Pharmacoeconomics
B) Pharmacotherapeutics
C) Pharmacodynamics
D) Pharmacokinetics
ANSWER: B
Response:
Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals. Nurses are involved with cli
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nical pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is a branch of pharmacology that deal
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s with the uses of drugs to treat, prevent, and diagnose disease. The nurse working in radi
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ology is administering a drug to help diagnose a disease. The nurse working on an oncolog
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y unit is administering a drug to help treat a disease. Pharmacoeconomics includes any co
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sts involved in drug therapy.
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Pharmacodynamics involves how a drug affects the body, and pharmacokinetics is how the 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
body acts on the drug. 8 8 8 8
Cognitive Level: Comprehension Di 8 8 8
fficulty: Easy 8
Integrated Process: Nursing process 8 8 8
2.A physician has ordered intramuscular injections of morphine, a narcotic, every 4 hours as
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needed for pain for a motor vehicle accident victim. The nurse is aware that there is a high a
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buse potential for this drug; therefore, morphine is categorized as a:
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A) Schedule I drug 8 8
B) Schedule II drug 8 8
C) Schedule III drug 8 8
D) Schedule IV drug 8 8
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