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TEST BANK FOR PHARMACOLOGY: CONNECTIONS TO NURSING PRACTICE, 4TH EDITION
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,Pharmacology: Connections to Nursing Practice 4th Edition Adams Test Bank aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa(Adams and Urban, Pharmacology: Connections to Nursing Practice, 4e TestBank)
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The nurse is teaching a pharmacology class to a group of student nurses. Which key events does the nurse
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includein the history of pharmacology?
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Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
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1. Early researchers used themselves and animals as test subjects.
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2. Pharmacologists began to synthesize drugs in the laboratory in the 20th century. aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa
3. Modern pharmacology began in the mid-1600s.
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4. The first drugs included morphine, cocaine, and penicillin.
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5. The Dark Ages provided much useful information that we still use today.
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Rationale 1: Early researchers did use themselves and animals as test subjects.
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Rationale 2: Pharmacologists did begin to synthesize drugs in the laboratory in the 20th century.
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Rationale 3: Modern pharmacology began in the 1800s, not 1600s.
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Rationale 4: The first drugs included morphine and cocaine, but not penicillin.
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Rationale 5: Little is known about pharmacology during the Dark Ages.
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Global Rationale: The nurse would state that early researchers did use themselves and animals as test
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subjects;pharmacologists did begin to synthesize drugs in the laboratory in the 20th century; and modern
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pharmacology began in the 1800s, not 1600s. The first drugs included morphine and cocaine, but not
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penicillin. Little is knownabout pharmacology during the Dark Ages.
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Question 2 aa
Type: MCSA
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Although all areas of medicine, including pharmacology, have made great advances in the last century, the
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earlyroots of pharmacology still apply for the nurse and other health professionals. What were the early roots
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of pharmacology?
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Rationale 1: The early root of pharmacology was to relieve human suffering.
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Rationale 2: The early root of pharmacology was not to create new drugs quickly.
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Rationale 3: Early pharmacology involved using plants to relieve symptoms of suffering.
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Rationale 4: The early root of pharmacology was not to understand how drugs take their effects.
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Global Rationale: The early root of pharmacology was to relieve human suffering, not to create new
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drugs quickly or to understand how drugs take their effects. Early pharmacology did involve using plants to
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relievesymptoms of suffering.
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Question 3 aa
Type: MCSA
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Although many substances can be considered drugs, which drug definition is the most appropriate?
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1. Any substance that is found in nature or that normally occurs in the body
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2. Any substance that is synthesized and tested in the laboratory setting
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3. Any substance that is taken to prevent, cure, or reduce symptoms of a medical condition
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4. Any substance that can be isolated from natural substances in nature
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Rationale 1: A drug is not a substance that is found in nature or that normally occurs in the human body.
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Rationale 2: A drug is not only a substance that is synthesized and tested.
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Rationale 3: A drug is considered to be any substance that is taken to prevent, cure, or reduce symptoms of
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amedical condition.
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Rationale 4: A drug is not only a substance isolated from natural substances.
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Global Rationale: A drug is considered to be any substance that is taken to prevent, cure, or reduce symptoms
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of a medical condition. A drug is not a substance that is found in nature or that normally occurs in the human
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body; it is not any substance that is synthesized and tested in the laboratory setting, nor is it only a substance
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isolated fromnatural substances.
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Question 4 aa
Type: MCSA
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Pharmacotherapy is a critical intervention for many conditions, and a key part of nursing intervention.
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Whichstatement best describes pharmacotherapy?
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, 1. The study of medicine and drug therapy
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2. The application of natural substances to cure diseases
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3. The application of drugs for the prevention and treatment of disease and human suffering
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Rationale 1: Pharmacotherapy is not just the study of medicine and drug therapy.
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Rationale 2: Pharmacotherapy is not the application of natural substances to cure diseases.
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Rationale 3: Pharmacotherapy is the application of drugs for the prevention and treatment of diseases and
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humansuffering.
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Rationale 4: Pharmacotherapy comprises more than understanding the difference between trade and
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genericdrugs.
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Global Rationale: Pharmacotherapy is the application of drugs for the prevention and treatment of diseases and
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human suffering. It is not just the study of medicine and drug therapy nor is it the application of natural
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substancesto cure diseases. Pharmacotherapy comprises more than understanding the difference between trade
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and generic drugs.
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Type: MCSA
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Which principle best describes what the nurse is expected to understand when administering medication to
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aclient?
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1. The pharmacotherapeutics for all of the medications
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2. The most common side effects of the drug‘s prototype
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3. The trade and generic names for all of the medications
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4. The cost of the drug therapy
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Rationale 1: The nurse should understand the pharmacotherapeutics for all medications that the client
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isreceiving.
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Rationale 2: The nurse should understand much more about a drug than just the common side effects of
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thedrug‘s prototype.
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Rationale 3: The nurse should understand much more about a drug than just its trade and generic names.
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Rationale 4: The cost of drug therapy is not a principle of drug administration.
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