Table of Contents
Chapter 01- Introduction to Drugs
Chapter 02- Drugs and the Body
Chapter 03- Toxic Effects of Drugs
Chapter 04- The Nursing Process in Drug Therapy and Patient Safety
Chapter 05- Dosage Calculations
Chapter 06- Challenges to Effective Drug Therapy
Chapter 07- Introduction t...
Test Bank - Karch Focus on Nursing Pharmacology
9th Edition by Rebecca Tucker
Chapters 1 - 59
, Table of Contents
Chapter 01- Introduction to Drugs
Chapter 02- Drugs and the Body
Chapter 03- Toxic Effects of Drugs
Chapter 04- The Nursing Process in Drug Therapy and Patient Safety
Chapter 05- Dosage Calculations
Chapter 06- Challenges to Effective Drug Therapy
Chapter 07- Introduction to Cell Physiology
Chapter 08- Anti-infective Agents
Chapter 09- Antibiotics
Chapter 10- Antiviral Agents
Chapter 11- Antifungal Agents
Chapter 12- Antiprotozoal Agents
Chapter 13- Anthelmintic Agents
Chapter 14- Antineoplastic Agents
Chapter 15- Introduction to the Immune Response and
InflammationChapter 16- Anti-inflammatory, Antiarthritis, and
Related Agents Chapter 17- Immune Modulators
Chapter 18- Vaccines and Sera
Chapter 19- Introduction to Nerves and the Nervous
SystemChapter 20- Anxiolytic and Hypnotic Agents
Chapter 21- Antidepressant Agents
Chapter 22- Psychotherapeutic
AgentsChapter 23- Antiseizure Agents
Chapter 24- Antiparkinsonism Agents
Chapter 25- Muscle Relaxants
Chapter 26- Narcotics, Narcotic Antagonists, and Antimigraine Agents
Chapter 27- General and Local Anesthetic Agents
Chapter 28- Neuromuscular Junction Blocking Agents
Chapter 29- Introduction to the Autonomic Nervous
SystemChapter 30- Adrenergic Agonists
Chapter 31- Adrenergic Antagonists
Chapter 32- Cholinergic Agonists
Chapter 33- Anticholinergic Agents
Chapter 34- Introduction to the Endocrine
SystemChapter 35- Hypothalamic and Pituitary
Agents Chapter 36- Adrenocortical Agents
Chapter 37- Thyroid and Parathyroid Agents
Chapter 38- Agents to Control Blood Glucose Levels
Chapter 39- Introduction to the Reproductive
System
Chapter 40- Drugs Affecting the Female Reproductive System
Chapter 41- Drugs Affecting the Male Reproductive System
Chapter 42- Introduction to the Cardiovascular System
Chapter 43- Drugs Affecting Blood Pressure
Chapter 44- Agents for Treating Heart Failure
Chapter 45- Antiarrhythmic Agents
Chapter 46- Antianginal Agents
Chapter 47- Lipid-Lowering Agents
Chapter 48- Drugs Affecting Blood Coagulation
Chapter 49- Drugs Used to Treat Anemias
Chapter 50- Introduction to the Renal System
Chapter 51- Diuretic Agents
Chapter 52- Drugs Affecting the Urinary Tract and the Bladder
Chapter 53- Introduction to the Respiratory System
Chapter 54- Drugs Acting on the Upper Respiratory Tract
Chapter 55- Drugs Acting on the Lower Respiratory Tract
Chapter 56- Introduction to the Gastrointestinal System
Chapter 57- Drugs Affecting Gastrointestinal Secretions
Chapter 58- Drugs Affecting Gastrointestinal Motility
Chapter 59- Antiemetic Agents
, Chapter 1: Introduction to Drugs
Cognitive Level: Application
Difficulty: Moderate
Integrated Process: Nursing process
1.A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a
computerized axial tomography (CAT) scan. A nurse working on an oncology unit
administers chemotherapy to patients who have cancer. At the Public Health
Department, a nurse administers a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to a
14-month-old child as a routine immunization. Which branch of pharmacology
best describes the actions of all three nurses?
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 clinical pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is a branch of
pharmacology that deals with the uses of drugs to treat, prevent, and diagnose
disease. The nurse working in radiology is administering a drug to help diagnose a
disease. The nurse working on an oncology unit is administering a drug to help treat
adisease. Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs involved in drug therapy.
Pharmacodynamics involves how a drug affects the body, and pharmacokinetics is
how the body acts on the drug.
Cognitive Level: Comprehension
Difficulty: Easy
Integrated Process: Nursing process
2.A physician has ordered intramuscular injections of morphine, a narcotic, every 4
hours as needed for pain for a motor vehicle accident victim. The nurse is aware that
there is a high abuse potential for this drug; therefore, morphine is categorized as a:
A) Schedule I drug
, B) Schedule II drug
C) Schedule III drug
D) Schedule IV drug
ANSWER: B
Response:
Narcotics such as morphine are considered schedule II drugs because of the high
abuse potential with severe dependence liability. Schedule I drugs have high abuse
potential and no accepted medical use. Schedule III drugs have a lesser abuse
potential than schedule II drugs and an accepted medical use. Schedule IV drugs
havelow abuse potential and limited dependence liability.
Cognitive Level: Comprehension
Difficulty: Easy
Integrated Process: Communication and documentation
3.A nurse working for a drug company is involved in phase III drug evaluation studies.
Which of the following might the nurse be responsible for during this stage of drug
development?
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