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INTRODUCTORY CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
BY SUSAN M FORD (AUTHOR)

TEST BANK 12TH EDITION

, TABLE OF CONTENTS

 UNIT 1 NURSING FOUNDATION OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
o CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOLOGY
o CHAPTER 2 ADMINISTRATION OF DRUGS
o CHAPTER 3 MAKING DRUG DOSING SAFER
o CHAPTER 4 THE NURSING PROCESS
o CHAPTER 5 CLIENT AND FAMILY TEACHING
 UNIT 2 DRUGS USED TO FIGHT INFECTIONS
o CHAPTER 6 ANTIBACTERIAL DRUGS: SULFONAMIDES
o CHAPTER 7 ANTIBACTERIAL DRUGS THAT DISRUPT THE BACTERIAL CELL
WALL
o CHAPTER 8 ANTIBACTERIAL DRUGS THAT INTERFERE WITH PROTEIN
SYNTHESIS
o CHAPTER 9 ANTIBACTERIAL DRUGS THAT INTERFERE WITH DNA/RNA
SYNTHESIS
o CHAPTER 10 ANTITUBERCULAR DRUGS
o CHAPTER 11 ANTIVIRAL DRUGS
o CHAPTER 12 ANTIFUNGAL AND ANTIPARASITIC DRUGS
 UNIT 3 DRUGS USED TO MANAGE PAIN
o CHAPTER 13 NONOPIOID ANALGESICS: SALICYLATES AND NONSALICYLATES
o CHAPTER 14 NONOPIOID ANALGESICS: NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY
DRUGS (NSAIDS) AND MIGRAINE HEADACHE MEDICATIONS
o CHAPTER 15 OPIOID ANALGESICS AND ANTAGONISTS
o CHAPTER 16 ANESTHETIC DRUGS
 UNIT 4 DRUGS THAT AFFECT THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
o CHAPTER 17 CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS
o CHAPTER 18 ANTIDEMENTIA DRUGS
o CHAPTER 19 ANTIANXIETY DRUGS
o CHAPTER 20 SEDATIVES AND HYPNOTICS
o CHAPTER 21 ANTIDEPRESSANT DRUGS
o CHAPTER 22 ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS
 UNIT 5 DRUGS THAT AFFECT THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
o CHAPTER 23 ADRENERGIC DRUGS
o CHAPTER 24 ADRENERGIC BLOCKING DRUGS
o CHAPTER 25 CHOLINERGIC DRUGS
o CHAPTER 26 CHOLINERGIC BLOCKING DRUGS
 UNIT 6 DRUGS THAT AFFECT THE NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM
o CHAPTER 27 ANTIPARKINSON DRUGS
o CHAPTER 28 ANTIEPILEPTICS
o CHAPTER 29 SKELETAL MUSCLE, BONE, AND JOINT DISORDER DRUGS
 UNIT 7 DRUGS THAT AFFECT THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
o CHAPTER 30 UPPER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DRUGS
o CHAPTER 31 LOWER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DRUGS
 UNIT 8 DRUGS THAT AFFECT THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
o CHAPTER 32 DIURETICS
o CHAPTER 33 ANTIHYPERLIPIDEMIC DRUGS
o CHAPTER 34 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE DRUGS
o CHAPTER 35 ANTIANGINAL AND VASODILATING DRUGS
o CHAPTER 36 ANTICOAGULANT AND THROMBOLYTIC DRUGS

, o CHAPTER 37 CARDIOTONIC AND ANTIARRHYTHMIC DRUGS
 UNIT 9 DRUGS THAT AFFECT THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
o CHAPTER 38 UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM DRUGS
o CHAPTER 39 LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM DRUGS
 UNIT 10 DRUGS THAT AFFECT THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
o CHAPTER 40 ANTIDIABETIC DRUGS
o CHAPTER 41 PITUITARY AND ADRENOCORTICAL HORMONES
o CHAPTER 42 THYROID AND ANTITHYROID DRUGS
o CHAPTER 43 MALE AND FEMALE HORMONES
o CHAPTER 44 UTERINE DRUGS
 UNIT 11 DRUGS THAT AFFECT THE URINARY SYSTEM
o CHAPTER 45 MENOPAUSE AND ANDROPAUSE DRUGS
o CHAPTER 46 URINARY TRACT ANTI-INFECTIVES AND OTHER URINARY DRUGS
 UNIT 12 DRUGS THAT AFFECT THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
o CHAPTER 47 VACCINES
o CHAPTER 48 IMMUNOSTIMULANTS AND MODULATORS
o CHAPTER 49 IMMUNE BLOCKERS
 UNIT 13 DRUGS THAT FIGHT CANCER
o CHAPTER 50 TRADITIONAL CHEMOTHERAPY
o CHAPTER 51 IMMUNE MODULATING THERAPIES
 UNIT 14 DRUGS THAT AFFECT OTHER BODY SYSTEMS
o CHAPTER 52 SKIN DISORDER TOPICAL DRUGS
o CHAPTER 53 OTIC AND OPHTHALMIC PREPARATIONS
o CHAPTER 54 FLUIDS, ELECTROLYTES, AND PARENTERAL THERAPY

, INTRODUCTORY CLINICAL
PHARMACOLOGY TWELFTH, NORTH AMERICAN
EDITION
1. A NURSING INSTRUCTOR IS PREPARING A TEACHING PLAN FOR A GROUP OF
NURSING STUDENTS ABOUT PHARMACOLOGY. WHEN DESCRIBING THIS TOPIC,
THE INSTRUCTOR WOULD FOCUS THE DISCUSSION ON WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING AS AN ESSENTIAL ASPECT?
A) DRUG NAME
B) DRUG CLASS
C) DRUG ACTION
D) DRUG
SOURCE
ANSWER; C
FEEDBACK:
PHARMACOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF DRUGS AND THEIR ACTION ON LIVING
ORGANISMS. THUS, AN ESSENTIAL ASPECT OF PHARMACOLOGY IS DRUG
ACTION. AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE DRUG NAME, DRUG CLASS, AND DRUG
SOURCE IS IMPORTANT, BUT THE MOST CRITICAL ASPECT RELATED TO
PHARMACOLOGY IS HOW THE DRUG ACTS IN THE BODY.


2. A NURSING STUDENT IS PREPARING TO ADMINISTER A PRESCRIBED DRUG TO A
PATIENT. THE STUDENT REVIEWS INFORMATION ABOUT THE DRUG AND ITS
ACTIONS. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD BE THE BEST CHOICE FOR
OBTAINING THIS INFORMATION? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.
A) NURSING INSTRUCTOR
B) NURSE ASSIGNED TO THE PATIENT
C) CLINICAL DRUG REFERENCE
D) PRESCRIBING HEALTH CARE PROVIDER
E) CLINICAL
PHARMACIST ANSWER;
C, E
FEEDBACK:
ALTHOUGH THE NURSING STUDENT CAN ASK THE NURSING INSTRUCTOR, THE
NURSE ASSIGNED TO THE PATIENT, AND THE PRESCRIBING HEALTH CARE
PROVIDER FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE DRUG, THE BEST CHOICES FOR DRUG
INFORMATION WOULD INCLUDE AN APPROPRIATE DRUG REFERENCE AND THE
CLINICAL PHARMACIST.


3. WHEN DESCRIBING THE VARIOUS TYPES OF MEDICATIONS TO A GROUP OF
NURSING STUDENTS, A NURSING INSTRUCTOR WOULD IDENTIFY WHICH
OF THE FOLLOWING AS A SOURCE FOR DERIVING MEDICATIONS? SELECT
ALL THAT APPLY.
A) PLANTS
B) SYNTHETIC SOURCES
C) MOLD