,TEST BANK LEHNE'S PHARMACOLOGY FOR NURSING
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CARE, 12TH EDITION BY JACQUELINE BURCHUM,
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LAURA ROSENTHAL CHAPTER 1- 112|COMPLETE
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GUIDE A+ r r
Chapter r 1: r Orientation r to r Pharmacology
rTest r Bank
MULTIPLE rCHOICE
1. The rnurse r is r teaching ra rpatient r how r a rmedication r works r to r treat r an r illness. r To r do
r this,rthe r nurse r will r rely r on r knowledge r of:
a. clinical rpharmacology.
b. drug refficacy.
c. pharmacokinetics.
d. pharmacotherapeutics.
ANS: rD
Pharmacotherapeutics r is r the r study r of r the r use r of r drugs r to r diagnose, r treat, r and r prevent
rconditions. r Clinical r pharmacology ris r concerned r with r all r aspects r of r drug–human
rinteractions.rDrug r efficacy r measures r the r extent r to r which r a r given r drug r causes r an
r intended r effect.
Pharmacokinetics r is r the r study rof r the rimpact r of r the r body ron r a r drug.
DIF: Cognitive r Level: r Comprehension REF: rFour rBasic rTerms
rTOP: r Nursing r Process: r Implementation
MSC: r NCLEX r Client rNeeds rCategory: r Physiologic r Integrity: rPharmacologic rand rParenteral rTherapies
2. What r does r it r mean r when r a r drug ris r described r as r easy rto r administer?
a. It r can r be r stored r indefinitely rwithout r need r for rrefrigeration.
b. It r does r not r interact r significantly rwith r other r medications.
c. It renhances r patient r adherence rto r the rdrug rregimen.
d. It r is r usually rrelatively rinexpensive r to r produce.
ANS: rC
A rmajor rbenefit rof rdrugs rthat rare reasy rto radminister ris rthat rpatients rtaking rthem rare
rmore rlikely rto rcomply rwith rthe rdrug rregimen. rDrugs rthat rare reasy rto rgive rmay rhave rthe
rother rattributes r listed, r but r those r properties r are r independent r of r ease r of r administration.
DIF: Cognitive rLevel: rComprehension
REF: r Additional r Properties rof r an r Ideal r Drug: r Ease rof
r AdministrationrTOP: r Nursing r Process: r Assessment
MSC: r NCLEX r Client rNeeds rCategory: r Physiologic rIntegrity: rPharmacologic rand rParenteral rTherapies
,3. A r patient r tells r the r nurse r that r he r was r told r by r the r prescriber r that r the r analgesic r he r is
rtakingris r very reffective. r Which r statement r by rthe r patient r demonstrates r an r understanding
r of r the rdrug‘s r effectiveness?
a. ―I r don‘t r have r to r worry rabout r toxicity, r since r it r takes r a r large r amount r of r this
r drugrto r cause r an r overdose.‖
b. ―It rhas rno rside reffects rand rdoesn‘t rinteract rwith rother rdrugs.‖
c. ―Ironly rhave rto rtake rit revery r12 rhours.‖
d. ―It rmight rmake rme rsleepy, rand rit rlessens rpain rfor rseveral rhours rat ra rtime.‖
, ANS: rD
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