The Nature of Drugs & Drug Development &
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1. A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a Ans: B
patient who is having a computed tomography (CT) scan.
The nurse working on the oncology unit administers Feedback:
chemotherapy to patients who have cancer. At the Public Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals. Nurses are
Health Department, a nurse administers a measles- involved with clinical pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is a branch
mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to a 14-month-old child as of pharmacology that deals with the uses of drugs to treat, prevent, and diagnose
a routine immunization. Which branch of pharmacology disease. The radiology nurse is administering a drug to help diagnose a disease.
best describes the actions of all three nurses? The oncology nurse is administering a drug to help treat a disease.
Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs involved in drug therapy.
A) Pharmacoeconomics Pharmacodynamics involves how a drug affects the body and pharmacokinetics is
B) Pharmacotherapeutics how the body acts on the body.
C) Pharmacodynamics
D) Pharmacokinetics
2. A physician has ordered intramuscular (IM) injections of Ans: B
morphine, a narcotic, every 4 hours as needed for pain in
a motor vehicle accident victim. The nurse is aware this Feedback:
drug has a high abuse potential. Under what category Narcotics with a high abuse potential are classified as Schedule II drugs because
would morphine be classified? 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
A) Schedule I and an accepted medical use. Schedule IV drugs have low abuse potential and
B) Schedule II limited dependence liability.
C) Schedule III
D) Schedule IV
, 3. When involved in phase III drug evaluation studies, Ans: C
what responsibilities would the nurse have?
Feedback:
A) Working with animals who are given experimental Phase III studies involve use of a drug in a vast clinical population in which
drugs patients are asked to record any symptoms they experience while taking the
B) Choosing appropriate patients to be involved in the drugs. Nurses may be responsible for helping collect and analyze the information
drug study to be shared with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) but would not conduct
C) Monitoring and observing patients closely for adverse research independently because nurses do not prescribe medications. Use of
effects animals in drug testing is done in the preclinical trials. Select patients who are
D) Conducting research to determine effectiveness of the involved in phase II studies to participate in studies where the participants have
drug 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 Ans: A
substituted for brand name drugs?
Feedback:
A) Bioavailability Bioavailability is the portion of a dose of a drug that reaches the systemic
B) Critical concentration circulation and is available to act on body cells. Binders used in a generic drug
C) Distribution may not be the same as those used in the brand name drug. Therefore, the way
D) Half-life the body breaks down and uses the drug may differ, which may eliminate a
generic drug substitution. Critical concentration is the amount of a 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 is the 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. Ans: D
After listening to the patient list current medications, the
nurse asks what priority question? Feedback:
It is important for the nurse to specifically question use of over-the-counter
A) Do you take any generic medications? medications because patients may not consider them important. The patient is
B) Are any of these medications orphan drugs? unlikely to know the meaning of orphan drugs unless they too are health care
C) Are these medications safe to take during pregnancy? providers. Safety during pregnancy, use of a generic medication, or classification
D) Do you take any over-the-counter medications? of orphan drugs are things the patient would be unable to answer but could be
found in reference books if the nurse wishes to research them.
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1. A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a Ans: B
patient who is having a computed tomography (CT) scan.
The nurse working on the oncology unit administers Feedback:
chemotherapy to patients who have cancer. At the Public Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals. Nurses are
Health Department, a nurse administers a measles- involved with clinical pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is a branch
mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to a 14-month-old child as of pharmacology that deals with the uses of drugs to treat, prevent, and diagnose
a routine immunization. Which branch of pharmacology disease. The radiology nurse is administering a drug to help diagnose a disease.
best describes the actions of all three nurses? The oncology nurse is administering a drug to help treat a disease.
Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs involved in drug therapy.
A) Pharmacoeconomics Pharmacodynamics involves how a drug affects the body and pharmacokinetics is
B) Pharmacotherapeutics how the body acts on the body.
C) Pharmacodynamics
D) Pharmacokinetics
2. A physician has ordered intramuscular (IM) injections of Ans: B
morphine, a narcotic, every 4 hours as needed for pain in
a motor vehicle accident victim. The nurse is aware this Feedback:
drug has a high abuse potential. Under what category Narcotics with a high abuse potential are classified as Schedule II drugs because
would morphine be classified? 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
A) Schedule I and an accepted medical use. Schedule IV drugs have low abuse potential and
B) Schedule II limited dependence liability.
C) Schedule III
D) Schedule IV
, 3. When involved in phase III drug evaluation studies, Ans: C
what responsibilities would the nurse have?
Feedback:
A) Working with animals who are given experimental Phase III studies involve use of a drug in a vast clinical population in which
drugs patients are asked to record any symptoms they experience while taking the
B) Choosing appropriate patients to be involved in the drugs. Nurses may be responsible for helping collect and analyze the information
drug study to be shared with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) but would not conduct
C) Monitoring and observing patients closely for adverse research independently because nurses do not prescribe medications. Use of
effects animals in drug testing is done in the preclinical trials. Select patients who are
D) Conducting research to determine effectiveness of the involved in phase II studies to participate in studies where the participants have
drug 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 Ans: A
substituted for brand name drugs?
Feedback:
A) Bioavailability Bioavailability is the portion of a dose of a drug that reaches the systemic
B) Critical concentration circulation and is available to act on body cells. Binders used in a generic drug
C) Distribution may not be the same as those used in the brand name drug. Therefore, the way
D) Half-life the body breaks down and uses the drug may differ, which may eliminate a
generic drug substitution. Critical concentration is the amount of a 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 is the 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. Ans: D
After listening to the patient list current medications, the
nurse asks what priority question? Feedback:
It is important for the nurse to specifically question use of over-the-counter
A) Do you take any generic medications? medications because patients may not consider them important. The patient is
B) Are any of these medications orphan drugs? unlikely to know the meaning of orphan drugs unless they too are health care
C) Are these medications safe to take during pregnancy? providers. Safety during pregnancy, use of a generic medication, or classification
D) Do you take any over-the-counter medications? of orphan drugs are things the patient would be unable to answer but could be
found in reference books if the nurse wishes to research them.
