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, Test Bank - Focus on Nursing Pharmacology (8th Edition by
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Karch)
Chapter 01 - Introduction to Drugs
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1. A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a computed
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tomography (CT) scan. The nurse working on the oncology unit administers chemotherapy to
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patients who have cancer. At the Public Health Department, a nurse administers a measles-
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mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to a 14-month-old child as a routine immunization. Which branch
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of pharmacology best describes the actions of all three nurses?
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A) Pharmacoeconomics
B) Pharmacotherapeutics
C) Pharmacodynamics
D) Pharmacokinetics
Ans: B
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Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals. Nurses are involved with clinical
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pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is a branch of pharmacology that deals with the uses
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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.
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Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs involved in drug therapy. Pharmacodynamics involves how a
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drug affects the body and pharmacokinetics is how the body acts on the body.
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2. A physician has ordered intramuscular (IM) injections of morphine, a narcotic, every 4 hours as
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needed for pain in a motor vehicle accident victim. The nurse is aware this drug has a high abuse
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potential.
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A) Schedule I pp
B) Schedule II pp
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Ans: B
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Narcotics with a high abuse potential are classified as Schedule II drugs because of severe
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dependence
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