TEST BANK FOR KARCH FOCUS ON NURSING PHARMACOLOGY,
9TH EDITION BY REBECCA TUCKER, VERIFIED CHAPTERS 1 - 59,
COMPLETE NEWEST VERSION
Chapter 01 - Introduction to Drugs
A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a computed tomography (CT)
scan. The nurse working on the 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?
Pharmacoeconomics
Pharmacotherapeutics
Pharmacodynamics
Pharmacokinetics
Ans: B
Feedback:
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 radiology nurse is administering a drug to help
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diagnose a disease. The oncology nurse is administering a drug to help treat a disease.
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 body.
A physician has ordered intramuscular (IM) injections of morphine, a narcotic, every 4 hours as needed for
pain in a motor vehicle accident victim. The nurse is aware this drug has a high abuse potential.
Under what category would morphine be classified?
Schedule I
Schedule II
Schedule III
Schedule IV
Ans: B
Feedback:
Narcotics with a high abuse potential are classified as Schedule II drugs because of severe dependence
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liability. mSchedule mI mdrugs mhave mhigh mabuse mpotential mand mno maccepted mmedical muse. mSchedule
mIII mdrugs mhave ma mlesser mabuse mpotential mthan mII mand man maccepted mmedical muse. mSchedule mIV
mdrugs mhave mlow mabuse mpotential mand mlimited mdependence mliability.
When minvolved min mphase mIII mdrug mevaluation mstudies, mwhat mresponsibilities mwould mthe mnurse
mhave? mWorking mwith manimals mwho mare mgiven mexperimental mdrugs
Choosing mappropriate mpatients mto mbe minvolved min mthe mdrug mstudy
m Monitoring mand mobserving mpatients mclosely mfor madverse meffects
m Conducting mresearch mto mdetermine meffectiveness mof mthe mdrug mAns:
m C
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Phase mIII mstudies minvolve muse mof ma mdrug min ma mvast mclinical mpopulation min mwhich mpatients mare masked
mto mrecord many msymptoms mthey mexperience mwhile mtaking mthe mdrugs. mNurses mmay mbe mresponsible
mfor mhelping mcollect mand manalyze mthe minformation mto mbe mshared mwith mthe mFood mand mDrug
What mconcept mis mconsidered mwhen mgeneric mdrugs mare msubstituted mfor mbrand mname mdrugs?
m Bioavailability
Critical
mconcentration
m Distribution
Half-life
m Ans: A
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Bioavailability mis mthe mportion mof ma mdose mof ma mdrug mthat mreaches mthe msystemic mcirculation mand mis mavailable mto mact mon mbody mcells.
mBinders mused min ma mgeneric mdrug mmay mnot mbe mthe msame mas mthose mused min mthe mbrand mname mdrug. mTherefore, mthe mway mthe mbody
mbreaks mdown mand muses mthe mdrug mmay mdiffer, mwhich mmay meliminate ma mgeneric mdrug msubstitution. mCritical mconcentration mis mthe
mamount mof ma mdrug mthat mis mneeded mto mcause ma mtherapeutic meffect mand mshould mnot mdiffer mbetween mgeneric mand mbrand mname
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medications. mDistribution mis mthe mphase mof mpharmacokinetics, mwhich
FOCUS ON NURSING PHARMACOLOGY, 9TH EDITION BY
REBECCA TUCKER, VERIFIED CHAPTERS 1 - 59, COMPLETE
NEWEST VERSION
Chapter 01 - Introduction to Drugs
A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a computed tomography (CT)
scan. The nurse working on the 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?
Pharmacoeconomics
Pharmacotherapeutics
Pharmacodynamics
Pharmacokinetics
Ans: B
Feedback:
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
Want mto mearn
m$1.236
extra per year?
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