TEST BANK LEHNE'S PHARMACOLOGY FOR NURSING CARE 10TH EDITION Author: Jacqueline Burchum| Laura With Questions And Answers.TEST BANK LEHNE'S PHARMACOLOGY FOR NURSING CARE 10TH EDITION Author: Jacqueline Burchum| Laura With Questions And Answers.TEST BANK LEHNE'S PHARMACOLOGY FOR NURSING CARE 10TH ED...
1. The nurse is teaching a patient how a medication works to
treatcdan illness. To do this, the nurse will rely on
knowledge of:
a. clinical pharmacology.
b. drug efficacy.
c. pharmacokinetics.
d. pharmacotherapeutics.
ANS: D
Pharmacotherapeutics cdis the study of the use of drugs to
diagnose,cdtreat, and prevent conditions. Clinical pharmacology is
concerned withcdall aspects of drug–human interactions.
Drug cdefficacy measures thecdextent to which a given drug
causesc d c d anc d c d intendedc d c d effect.
, Pharmacokinetics is the study of the impact of the body on a drug.
2. What does it mean when a drug is described as easy to administer?
a. It can be stored indefinitely without need for refrigeration.
b. It does not interact significantly with other medications.
c. It enhances patient adherence to the drug regimen.
d. It is usually relatively inexpensive to produce.
ANS: C
A major benefit of drugs that are easy to administer is that
patientscdtaking them are more likely to comply withthe drug
regimen.
Drugs that are easy to give may have the other attributes
listed,cdbut those properties are independent of ease of
administration.
, 3. A patient tells the nurse that he was told cdby the prescriber
cdthatcdthe cdanalgesic he is taking is very effective. Which
statement bycdthe patient demonstrates an understanding of the cddrug‘s
effectiveness?
a. ―I don‘t have to worry about toxicity, since it takes a
largecdamount cdof this drug to cause an overdose.‖
b. ―It has no side effects and doesn‘t interact with other drugs.‖
c. ―I only have to take it every 12 hours.‖
d. ―It might make me sleepy, and it lessens pain for several hours
atcda time.‖
ANS: D
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