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Adam’s Pharmacology for Nurses a Pathophysiologic Approach,
7th Edition by Michael Adams||Complete Guide
,Chapter 1
Question 1
Type:
MCMA
The RN is teaching a pharmacology class to learner RNs. What does the RN include as key
events in the history of pharmacology?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. Initial drugs included morphine, cocaine, and penicillin.
2. Early researchers used themselves as test subjects.
3. The initial intention of pharmacology was to relieve human suffering.
4. Modern pharmacology began in the early 1600s.
5. Pharmacologists synthesized drugs in the laboratory in the twentieth century.
CORRECT ANS:2,3,5
EXPLANATION 1: Initial drugs isolated from complex mixtures included morphine,
colchicines, curare, and cocaine, but not penicillin.
EXPLANATION 2: Some early researchers, such as Friedrich Serturner, used
themselves as test subjects.
EXPLANATION 3: The early roots of pharmacology included the application of products to
relieve human suffering.
EXPLANATION 4: Modern pharmacology began in the early 1800s, not the 1600s.
EXPLANATION 5: By the twentieth century, pharmacologists could synthesize drugs in
the laboratory.
Global EXPLANATION: The early roots of pharmacology included the application of
products to relieve human suffering, and early researchers used themselves as test subjects.
Initial drugs included morphine, colchicines, curare, and cocaine, but not penicillin. Modern
pharmacology began in the early 1800s, not the 1600s. By the twentieth century,
pharmacologists could synthesize drugs in the laboratory.
,Cognitive Level: Applying
Patient Need: Physiological Integrity
Patient Need Sub: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
QSEN Competencies: I.A.1 Integrate understanding of multiple dimensions of patient centered
care: patient/family/community preferences, values; coordination and integration of care;
information, communication, and education; physical comfort and emotional support;
involvement of family and friends; and transition and community.
AACN Essential Competencies: I.7 Integrate the knowledge and methods of a variety
of disciplines to inform decision making.
NLN Competencies: Knowledge and Science: Integration of knowledge from nursing and
other disciplines.
Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Implementation
Learning Outcome: 1-1 Identify key events in the history of pharmacology.
MNL Learning Outcome: 1.1.1 Apply basic concepts related to pharmacology.
Page Number: 3
Question 2
Type:
MCSA
The learner RN asks the nursing instructor why he needs to take anatomy and physiology, as well
as microbiology, when he only wants to learn about pharmacology. What is the best response by
the instructor?
1. "Because pharmacology is an outgrowth of those subjects."
2. "You must learn all, since those subjects, as well as pharmacology, are part of the
curriculum."
3. "Knowledge of all those subjects will prepare you to provide the best patient care, including
the administration of medications."
4. "Because an understanding of those subjects is essential to understanding pharmacology."
CORRECT ANS:4
EXPLANATION 1: Pharmacology is an outgrowth of anatomy, physiology, and microbiology,
but this is not the most complete reason for the RN to learn them.
, EXPLANATION 2: The RN must learn anatomy, physiology, and microbiology to understand
pharmacology, not because they are part of the curriculum.
EXPLANATION 3: Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and microbiology prepares the
RN to understand pharmacology, not to provide care such as administration of
medications.
EXPLANATION 4: It is essential for the RN to have a broad knowledge base of many
sciences in order to learn pharmacology.
Global EXPLANATION: It is essential for the RN to have a broad knowledge base of many
sciences in order to learn pharmacology. The RN must learn anatomy, physiology, and
microbiology to understand pharmacology, not because they are part of the curriculum.
Pharmacology is an outgrowth of anatomy, physiology, and microbiology, but this is not the
reason for the RN to learn them. Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and microbiology
prepares the RN to understand pharmacology, not to provide care such as administration of
medications.
Cognitive Level: Applying
Patient Need: Physiological Integrity
Patient Need Sub: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
QSEN Competencies: I.A.1 Integrate understanding of multiple dimensions of patient centered
care: patient/family/community preferences, values; coordination and integration of care;
information, communication, and education; physical comfort and emotional support;
involvement of family and friends; and transition and community.
AACN Essential Competencies: I.7 Integrate the knowledge and methods of a variety
of disciplines to inform decision making.
NLN Competencies: Knowledge and Science: Integration of knowledge from nursing and other
disciplines.
Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Implementation
Learning Outcome: 1-2 Explain the interdisciplinary nature of pharmacology, giving an example
of how knowledge from different sciences impacts the RN’s role in drug administration.
MNL Learning Outcome: 1.1.1 Apply basic concepts related to pharmacology. Page
Number: 3
Question 3
Type:
MCMA
The nursing instructor is teaching a pharmacology class to learner RNs. The current focus is
pharmacology and therapeutics. The nursing instructor determines that learning has occurred
when the learners make which comments?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.