Lehne's Pharmacology for Nursing
Care
12th Edition
Author(s)Jacqueline Rosenjack
Burchum; Laura D. Rosenthal
TEST BANK
,
,Question 1 — Easy — Multiple Choice
Which statement best defines pharmacology?
A. The use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease
B. The study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
C. The study of drugs only in hospitalized patients
D. The process by which a prescribed drug produces a
therapeutic effect
Correct Answer:
B. The study of drugs and their interactions with living
systems
Rationale:
Pharmacology encompasses the study of drugs and how they
interact with living systems. Option A describes therapeutics,
option C is narrower than clinical pharmacology, and option D
describes a consequence of drug therapy rather than
pharmacology itself. dokumen.pub
Question 2 — Easy — Multiple Choice
A nurse is reviewing the four basic terms introduced in
pharmacology. Which term specifically refers to the study of
drugs in humans, including patients and healthy volunteers?
A. Drug
B. Pharmacology
C. Clinical pharmacology
D. Therapeutics
Correct Answer:
C. Clinical pharmacology
, Rationale:
Clinical pharmacology focuses on drugs in humans, including
their effects in patients and healthy volunteers. Pharmacology is
broader, a drug is a chemical capable of affecting living
processes, and therapeutics concerns the medical use of drugs.
dokumen.pub
Question 3 — Easy — Select All That Apply
Which statements accurately describe therapeutics? Select
all that apply.
A. It involves the medical use of drugs.
B. It includes using drugs to treat disease.
C. It includes using drugs to prevent disease.
D. It includes using drugs to diagnose disease.
E. It refers only to studying drug absorption and excretion.
Correct Answer:
A, B, C, D
Rationale:
Therapeutics, or pharmacotherapeutics, refers to the use of drugs
to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease and to prevent pregnancy.
Option E describes pharmacokinetic processes rather than
therapeutics. dokumen.pub
Question 4 — Easy — Multiple Choice
Which characteristic is one of the “Big Three” properties of
an ideal drug?
A. Low cost
B. Chemical stability
Care
12th Edition
Author(s)Jacqueline Rosenjack
Burchum; Laura D. Rosenthal
TEST BANK
,
,Question 1 — Easy — Multiple Choice
Which statement best defines pharmacology?
A. The use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease
B. The study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
C. The study of drugs only in hospitalized patients
D. The process by which a prescribed drug produces a
therapeutic effect
Correct Answer:
B. The study of drugs and their interactions with living
systems
Rationale:
Pharmacology encompasses the study of drugs and how they
interact with living systems. Option A describes therapeutics,
option C is narrower than clinical pharmacology, and option D
describes a consequence of drug therapy rather than
pharmacology itself. dokumen.pub
Question 2 — Easy — Multiple Choice
A nurse is reviewing the four basic terms introduced in
pharmacology. Which term specifically refers to the study of
drugs in humans, including patients and healthy volunteers?
A. Drug
B. Pharmacology
C. Clinical pharmacology
D. Therapeutics
Correct Answer:
C. Clinical pharmacology
, Rationale:
Clinical pharmacology focuses on drugs in humans, including
their effects in patients and healthy volunteers. Pharmacology is
broader, a drug is a chemical capable of affecting living
processes, and therapeutics concerns the medical use of drugs.
dokumen.pub
Question 3 — Easy — Select All That Apply
Which statements accurately describe therapeutics? Select
all that apply.
A. It involves the medical use of drugs.
B. It includes using drugs to treat disease.
C. It includes using drugs to prevent disease.
D. It includes using drugs to diagnose disease.
E. It refers only to studying drug absorption and excretion.
Correct Answer:
A, B, C, D
Rationale:
Therapeutics, or pharmacotherapeutics, refers to the use of drugs
to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease and to prevent pregnancy.
Option E describes pharmacokinetic processes rather than
therapeutics. dokumen.pub
Question 4 — Easy — Multiple Choice
Which characteristic is one of the “Big Three” properties of
an ideal drug?
A. Low cost
B. Chemical stability
