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This Test Bank for Basic & Clinical Pharmacology (15th Edition) by Bertram G. Katzung provides a comprehensive set of exam-style questions designed for medical and health sciences students studying pharmacology. The material supports learning across key pharmacologic principles, including drug mechanisms, therapeutic uses, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and clinical applications..

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Chapter 1. Introduction: The Nature of Drugs & Drug Development & Regulation


1. 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 toa 14-month-old child as a routine immunization. Which branch of
pharmacology best describes the actions of all three nurses?
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 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
diagnose a disease. The oncology nurse is administering a drug to help treat
adisease. Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs involved in drug therapy.
Pharmacodynamics involves how a drug affects the body
andpharmacokinetics is how the body acts on the body.


2. 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
categorywould morphine be classified?
A) Schedule I

B) Schedule II




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C) Schedule III

D) Schedule IV

Ans: B

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Narcotics with a high abuse potential are classified as Schedule II drugs
because of severe dependence liability. Schedule I drugs have high abuse
potential and no accepted medical use. Schedule III drugs have a lesser
abuse potential than II and an accepted medical use. Schedule IV drugs
havelow abuse potential and limited dependence liability.


3. When involved in phase III drug evaluation studies, what responsibilities
would the nurse have?
A) Working with animals who are given experimental drugs

B) Choosing appropriate patients to be involved in the drug study

C) Monitoring and observing patients closely for adverse effects

D) Conducting research to determine effectiveness of the drug

Ans: C

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Phase III studies involve use of a drug in a vast clinical population in which
patients are asked to record any symptoms they experience while taking
thedrugs. Nurses may be responsible for helping collect and analyze the
information to be shared with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) but
would not conduct research independently because nurses do not
prescribe medications. Use of animals in drug testing is done in the
preclinical trials. Select patients who are involved in phase II studies to
participate in studies where the participants have the disease the drug is
intended to treat. These patients are monitored closely for drug action
and adverse effects. Phase I studies involve healthy human volunteers
who are usually paid for their participation. Nurses may observe for
adverse effects and toxicity.


4. What concept is considered when generic drugs are substituted for
brandname drugs?
A) Bioavailability

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B) Critical concentration

C) Distribution

D) Half-life

Ans: A

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Bioavailability is the portion of a dose of a drug that reaches the systemic
circulation and is available to act on body cells. Binders used in a generic
drug may not be the same as those used in the brand name drug.
Therefore, the way the body breaks down and uses the drug may differ,
which may eliminate a generic drug substitution. Critical concentration is
the amount ofa drug that is needed to cause a therapeutic effect and
should not differ between generic and brand name medications.
Distribution is the phase of pharmacokinetics, which involves the
movement of a drug to the bodys tissues and is the same in generic and
brand name drugs. A drugs half-life isthe time it takes for the amount of
drug to decrease to half the peak level, which should not change when
substituting a generic medication.


5. A nurse is assessing the patients home medication use. After listening to
thepatient list current medications, the nurse asks what priority question?
A) Do you take any generic medications?

B) Are any of these medications orphan drugs?

C) Are these medications safe to take during pregnancy?

D) Do you take any over-the-counter medications?

Ans: D

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It is important for the nurse to specifically question use of over-the-
counter medications because patients may not consider them important.
The patient is unlikely to know the meaning of orphan drugs unless they
too are health care providers. Safety during pregnancy, use of a generic
medication, or classification of orphan drugs are things the patient would
be unable to answer but could be found in reference books if the nurse
wishes to researchthem.



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