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 describes pharmacology?
A. The use of medications to prevent pregnancy only
B. The study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
C. The study of diseases and their pathophysiology
D. The measurement of medication costs and availability
Correct Answer:
B. The study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
Rationale:
Pharmacology examines drugs and how they interact with living
systems, including their effects and clinically relevant uses.
Therapeutics focuses specifically on the medical use of drugs,
while clinical pharmacology concerns drug effects in humans. The
other options describe narrower or unrelated areas. (studylib.net)
Question 2 — Easy — Multiple Choice
A nursing student is learning the four basic terms introduced
in pharmacology. Which term specifically refers to the study
of drugs in humans?
A. Pharmacology
B. Therapeutics
C. Clinical pharmacology
D. Pharmacokinetics
Correct Answer:
C. Clinical pharmacology
Rationale:
Clinical pharmacology is concerned with the study of drugs in
humans, including both patients and healthy volunteers.
, Pharmacology is broader, encompassing drugs and their
interactions with living systems. Therapeutics refers to the
medical use of drugs, whereas pharmacokinetics concerns
processes affecting how much drug reaches its sites of action.
(studylib.net) (studylib.net)
Question 3 — Easy — Multiple Choice
Which activity is an example of therapeutics?
A. Studying the chemical structure of a medication
B. Investigating how a medication is absorbed
C. Using a medication to treat a disease
D. Measuring the concentration of a drug at its receptor
Correct Answer:
C. Using a medication to treat a disease
Rationale:
Therapeutics, or pharmacotherapeutics, is the medical use of
drugs to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease and to prevent
pregnancy. The other choices describe areas of pharmacologic
study rather than therapeutics itself. (studylib.net)
Question 4 — Easy — Multiple Choice
Which statement most accurately describes a drug?
A. Any substance that produces only beneficial effects
B. Any chemical capable of affecting living processes
C. Any medication available by prescription
D. Any compound that produces a therapeutic response
Correct Answer:
B. Any chemical capable of affecting living processes
Care
12th Edition
Author(s)Jacqueline Rosenjack
Burchum; Laura D. Rosenthal
TEST BANK
,
,Question 1 — Easy — Multiple Choice
Which statement best describes pharmacology?
A. The use of medications to prevent pregnancy only
B. The study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
C. The study of diseases and their pathophysiology
D. The measurement of medication costs and availability
Correct Answer:
B. The study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
Rationale:
Pharmacology examines drugs and how they interact with living
systems, including their effects and clinically relevant uses.
Therapeutics focuses specifically on the medical use of drugs,
while clinical pharmacology concerns drug effects in humans. The
other options describe narrower or unrelated areas. (studylib.net)
Question 2 — Easy — Multiple Choice
A nursing student is learning the four basic terms introduced
in pharmacology. Which term specifically refers to the study
of drugs in humans?
A. Pharmacology
B. Therapeutics
C. Clinical pharmacology
D. Pharmacokinetics
Correct Answer:
C. Clinical pharmacology
Rationale:
Clinical pharmacology is concerned with the study of drugs in
humans, including both patients and healthy volunteers.
, Pharmacology is broader, encompassing drugs and their
interactions with living systems. Therapeutics refers to the
medical use of drugs, whereas pharmacokinetics concerns
processes affecting how much drug reaches its sites of action.
(studylib.net) (studylib.net)
Question 3 — Easy — Multiple Choice
Which activity is an example of therapeutics?
A. Studying the chemical structure of a medication
B. Investigating how a medication is absorbed
C. Using a medication to treat a disease
D. Measuring the concentration of a drug at its receptor
Correct Answer:
C. Using a medication to treat a disease
Rationale:
Therapeutics, or pharmacotherapeutics, is the medical use of
drugs to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease and to prevent
pregnancy. The other choices describe areas of pharmacologic
study rather than therapeutics itself. (studylib.net)
Question 4 — Easy — Multiple Choice
Which statement most accurately describes a drug?
A. Any substance that produces only beneficial effects
B. Any chemical capable of affecting living processes
C. Any medication available by prescription
D. Any compound that produces a therapeutic response
Correct Answer:
B. Any chemical capable of affecting living processes
