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Katzung's Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 16th Edition
by Todd W. Vanderah, Chapters 1 - 66
TEST BANK
Katzung's Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 16th Edition
by Todd W. Vanderah, Chapters 1 - 66
TEST BANK
Katzung's Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 16th Edition
by Todd W. Van...
66. Important Drug Interactions & Their Mechanisms
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Chapter 1. Introduction: The Nature of Drugs & Drug Development & Regulation
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1. A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is
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having a computed tomography (CT) scan. The nurse working on the
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oncology unit administers chemotherapy to patients who have cancer. At
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the Public Health Department, a nurse administers a measles-mumps-
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rubella (MMR) vaccine toa 14-month-old child as a routine immunization.
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Which branch of pharmacology best describes the actions of all three
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nurses?
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A) Pharmacoeconomics
B) Pharmacotherapeutics
C) Pharmacodynamics
D) Pharmacokinetics
ANSWER: B
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Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals. Nurses I!ll I!ll I!ll I!ll I!ll I!ll I!ll I!ll I!ll I!ll
are involved with clinical pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which
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is a branch of pharmacology that deals with the uses of drugs to treat,
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prevent, and diagnose disease. The radiology nurse is administering a
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drug to help diagnose a disease. The oncology nurse is administering a
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drug to help treat adisease. Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs
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involved in drug therapy.
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Pharmacodynamics involves how a drug affects the body I!ll I!ll I!ll I!ll I!ll I!ll I!ll
andpharmacokinetics is how the body acts on the body.
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2. A physician has ordered intramuscular (IM) injections of morphine, a
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narcotic, every 4 hours as needed for pain in a motor vehicle accident
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victim.The nurse is aware this drug has a high abuse potential. Under
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what categorywould morphine be classified?
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A) Schedule I I!ll
B) Schedule II I!ll
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