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Pharmacology for Nurses-A Pathophysiologic Approach,
6th Edition (Adams, 2020), Chapters 1 - 50
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s IntroductionstosPharmacology
1) Asnursesissreviewingskeyseventssinstheshistorysofspharmacologyswithsasstudentsnurse.sWhichs
studentscommentsindicatessansunderstanding?
1. "Earlysresearcherssusedsthemselvessasstestssubjects."
2. "Asprimarysgoalsofspharmacologysisstospreventsdisease."
3. "Penicillinsissonesofsthesinitialsdrugssisolatedsfromsasnaturalssource."
4. "Pharmacologistssbeganssynthesizingsdrugssinstheslaboratorysinsthesnineteenthscentu
ry."
ANS:s1sExpl
anation:
1. Somesearlysresearchers,slikesFriedrichsSerturner,susedsthemselvessasstestssubj
ects.
2. Ansearlysgoalsofspharmacologyswasstosrelieveshumanssuffering.
3. Initialsdrugssisolatedsfromscomplexsmixturessincludedsmorphine,scolchicine,scurar
e,sandscocaine,sbutsnotspenicillin.
4. Bysthestwentiethscentury,spharmacologistsscouldssynthesizesdrugssinstheslabor
atory.
PagesRef:s3
CognitivesLevel:s Applying
ClientsNeed/Sub:sPhysiologicalsIntegrity:sPharmacologicalsandsParenteralsTherapiessStanda
rds:s QSENsCompetencies:sI.A.1sIntegratesunderstandings ofsmultiplesdimensionssofspatient-
centeredscare:spatient/family/communityspreferences,svalues;scoordinationsandsintegrations
ofscare;sinformation,scommunication,sandseducation;sphysicalscomfortsandsemotionalssupport;s
involvementsofsfamilysandsfriends;sandstransitionsandscontinuity.
|sAACNsEssentialsCompetencies:sI.7sIntegratesthesknowledgesandsmethodssofsasvarietysofsdisci
plinesstosinformsdecisionsmaking.s|sNLNsCompetencies:sKnowledgesandsScience:sIntegrationsof
sknowledgesfromsnursingsandsothersdisciplines.s|sNursing/IntegratedsConcepts:sNursingsProces
s:sEvaluation
LearningsOutcome:s1-
1sIdentifyskeyseventssinstheshistorysofspharmacology.sMNLsLearningsOutcome:s 1.1sE
xaminesthesrelationshipsbetweensmedicinesandspharmacology.
2) Asstudentsnursesaskssasnursingsinstructorswhysanatomysandsphysiologysasswellsassmicro
biologysaresrequiredscoursesswhensthesstudentsonlyswantsstoslearnsaboutspharmacolo
gy.sWhatsissthesbestsresponsesbysthesinstructor?
1. "Becausespharmacologysissansoutgrowthsofsthosessubjects."
2. "Yousmustslearnsall,ssincesallsofsthosessubjectssarespartsofs thescurriculum."
3. "Knowledgesofsallsthosessubjectsswillspreparesyoustosadministersmedication."
4. "Ansunderstandingsofsthosessubjectssissessentialstosunderstandspharmacology."sANS
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Explanation:
1. Pharmacologysissansoutgrowthsofsanatomy,sphysiology,sandsmicrobiology,sbutsthiss
issnotsthesmostsessentialsreasonsforsthesnursestoslearnsthem.
2. Thesnursesmustslearnsanatomy,sphysiology,sandsmicrobiologystosunderstandsphar
macology,snotsbecausestheysarespartsofsthescurriculum.
