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A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a compute d to
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mography (CT) scan. The nurse working on the oncology unit administers chemoth erapy t
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o patients who have cancer. At the Public Health Department, a nurse administe rs a measl
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es-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to a 14-month- tj tj tj tj tj


old child as a routine immunization. Which branch of pharmacology best describes the actio
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ns of all three nurses?
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A) Pharmacoeconomics
B) Pharmacotherapeutics
C) Pharmacodynamics
D) Pharmacokinetics
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Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals. Nurses are involved with clinic
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al pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is a branch of pharmacology
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hat deals with the uses of drugs to treat, prevent, and diagnose disease.The radiology nu
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rse is administering a drug to help diagnose a disease. The oncology nurse is admini sterin
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g a drug to help treat a disease. Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs involved in drug th
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erapy. Pharmacodynamics involves how a drug affects the body and pharma cokinetics i
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s howthe bodyactson thebody.
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A physician has ordered intramuscular (IM) injections of morphine, a narcoti c,
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every4 hours asneeded forpainin amotorvehicleaccident victim.The nurs
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Narcotics with a high abuse potential are classified as Schedule II drugs beca use
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of severe dependence liability. Schedule I drugs have high abuse potenti aland n
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o acceptedmedicaluse.Schedule III drugshave a lesserabuse pot ential than I
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I and an accepted medical use. Schedule IV drugs have low abus epotentialand
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When involved in phase III drug evaluation studies, what responsibiliti e s
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Phase III studies involve use of a drug in a vast clinical population in which pati
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ents are asked to record any symptoms they experience while taking the drugs.
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Nurses may be responsible for helping collect and analyze the infor mation t
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o be shared with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) but wou l d not condu
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ct research independently because nurses do not prescribe med i cations. Use of a
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nimals in drug testing is done in the preclinical trials.
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Select patients who are involved in phase II studies to participate in studies wh
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ere the participants have the disease the drug is intended to treat. These patien
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ts are monitored closely for drug action and adverse effects. Phase I s tudies inv
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olve healthy human volunteers who are usually paid for their partici pation.Nur
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4.
What concept is considered when generic drugs are substituted f o
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C) Distribution
D) Half-life
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