TEST BANK FOR INTRODUCTORY
CLINICAL
PHARMACOLOGY 12TH EDITION, BY
Susan M Ford
MULTICHOICE
• A nursing instructor is preparing a teaching plan for a group of nursing
students about pharmacology. When describing this topic, the
instructor would focus the discussion onwhich of the following as an
essential aspect?
A. Drug name
B. Drug class
C. Drug action
Ans: C
Feedback:
Pharmacology is the study of drugs and their action on living
organisms. Thus, an essential aspect of pharmacology is drug action.
An understanding of the drug name, drug class, and drug source is
important, but the most critical aspect related to pharmacology is
how the drug acts in the body.
• A nursing student is preparing to administer a prescribed drug to a
patient. The student reviews information about the drug and its actions.
Which of the following would be the best choice for obtaining this
information? Select all that apply.
A. Nursing instructor
B. Nurse assigned to the patient
C. Clinical drug reference
D. Prescribing health care provider
Ans: C,
Feedback:
, Although the nursing student can ask the nursing instructor, the nurse
assigned to the patient, and the prescribing health care provider for
information about the drug, the best choices for drug information would
include an appropriate drug reference and the clinical pharmacist.
• When describing the various types of medications to a group of
nursing students, anursing instructor would identify which of the
following as a source for deriving medications? Select all that
apply.
A. Plants
B. Synthetic sources
C. Mold
D. Minerals
Ans: A, B, C, D,
Feedback:
Medications are derived from natural sources, for example, plants,
molds, minerals, and animals, as well as created synthetically in a
laboratory.
Page 1
• Which of the following names may be assigned to a drug
during the process ofdevelopment? Select all that apply.
A. Chemical name
B. Official name
C. Pharmacologic name
D. Trade name
Ans: A, B, D, Feedback:
Throughout the process of development, drugs may have several names
assigned to them including a chemical name, a generic (nonproprietary)
name, an official name, and a trade or brand name.
• A drug may be classified by which of the following? Select all that apply.
A. The chemical type of the drug's active ingredient
, B. The way the drug is used to treat a specific condition
C. The generic name of the drug
D. The trade name of the drug
E. The nonproprietary
name of the drug
• Ans: A, B
Feedback:
A drug may be classified by the chemical type of the active ingredient
or by the way it isused to treat a particular condition. Generic, trade, and
nonproprietary refer to how a drug is named.
• A group of nursing students are reviewing information about the
process of drug development in the United States. The students
demonstrate understanding of this process when they identify that
which of the following categories are assigned by the Food and Drug
Administration to newly approved drugs? Select all that apply.
A. Metabolite
B. Noncontrolled substance
C. Prescription
D. Nonprescription
Ans: C, D,
Feedback:
Once drugs are approved for use, the FDA assigns the drug to one of
the following categories: prescription, nonprescription, or controlled
substance. Metabolite refers tothe inactive form of the drug.
Noncontrolled substance is a term that is not used.
Page 2
• Which of the following would be most important for the nurse to do
to ensure the safeuse of prescription drugs in the institutional setting?
Select all that apply.
A. Administering drugs
, B. Monitoring clients for drug effects
C. Prescribing drugs
D. Evaluating clients for toxic effects
E. Educating
clients/caregivers about
drugs
Ans: A, B, D, E
Feedback:
In the institutional setting, the nurse's role to ensure safe use of
prescription drugs includes administering drugs, monitoring drug
effects, evaluating for toxic effects, and educating clients and
caregivers about drugs.
• The nurse is helping a client review a prescription from the health care
provider. Whenexamining the prescription, which of the following
would the nurse expect to find documented? Select all that apply.
A. Name of the drug
B. Dosage of the drug
C. Route of drug administration
D. Times of drug administration
E. Licensed
prescriber's
signature
Ans: A, B, C, D, E
Feedback:
The prescription must contain the client's name, the name of the
drug, the dosage, the method and times of administration, and the
signature of the licensed health care provider prescribing the drug.
• After teaching a group of nursing students about nonprescription
drugs, the nursing instructor determines that the teaching was
successful when the students identify whichof the following? Select all
that apply.
A. They require a licensed health care provider's signature.
B. They are referred to as over-the-counter drugs.
C. They can be taken without risk to the client.
D. They have certain labeling requirements.
E. They should be taken only as
directed on the label.
• Ans: B, D, E
Feedback:
CLINICAL
PHARMACOLOGY 12TH EDITION, BY
Susan M Ford
MULTICHOICE
• A nursing instructor is preparing a teaching plan for a group of nursing
students about pharmacology. When describing this topic, the
instructor would focus the discussion onwhich of the following as an
essential aspect?
A. Drug name
B. Drug class
C. Drug action
Ans: C
Feedback:
Pharmacology is the study of drugs and their action on living
organisms. Thus, an essential aspect of pharmacology is drug action.
An understanding of the drug name, drug class, and drug source is
important, but the most critical aspect related to pharmacology is
how the drug acts in the body.
• A nursing student is preparing to administer a prescribed drug to a
patient. The student reviews information about the drug and its actions.
Which of the following would be the best choice for obtaining this
information? Select all that apply.
A. Nursing instructor
B. Nurse assigned to the patient
C. Clinical drug reference
D. Prescribing health care provider
Ans: C,
Feedback:
, Although the nursing student can ask the nursing instructor, the nurse
assigned to the patient, and the prescribing health care provider for
information about the drug, the best choices for drug information would
include an appropriate drug reference and the clinical pharmacist.
• When describing the various types of medications to a group of
nursing students, anursing instructor would identify which of the
following as a source for deriving medications? Select all that
apply.
A. Plants
B. Synthetic sources
C. Mold
D. Minerals
Ans: A, B, C, D,
Feedback:
Medications are derived from natural sources, for example, plants,
molds, minerals, and animals, as well as created synthetically in a
laboratory.
Page 1
• Which of the following names may be assigned to a drug
during the process ofdevelopment? Select all that apply.
A. Chemical name
B. Official name
C. Pharmacologic name
D. Trade name
Ans: A, B, D, Feedback:
Throughout the process of development, drugs may have several names
assigned to them including a chemical name, a generic (nonproprietary)
name, an official name, and a trade or brand name.
• A drug may be classified by which of the following? Select all that apply.
A. The chemical type of the drug's active ingredient
, B. The way the drug is used to treat a specific condition
C. The generic name of the drug
D. The trade name of the drug
E. The nonproprietary
name of the drug
• Ans: A, B
Feedback:
A drug may be classified by the chemical type of the active ingredient
or by the way it isused to treat a particular condition. Generic, trade, and
nonproprietary refer to how a drug is named.
• A group of nursing students are reviewing information about the
process of drug development in the United States. The students
demonstrate understanding of this process when they identify that
which of the following categories are assigned by the Food and Drug
Administration to newly approved drugs? Select all that apply.
A. Metabolite
B. Noncontrolled substance
C. Prescription
D. Nonprescription
Ans: C, D,
Feedback:
Once drugs are approved for use, the FDA assigns the drug to one of
the following categories: prescription, nonprescription, or controlled
substance. Metabolite refers tothe inactive form of the drug.
Noncontrolled substance is a term that is not used.
Page 2
• Which of the following would be most important for the nurse to do
to ensure the safeuse of prescription drugs in the institutional setting?
Select all that apply.
A. Administering drugs
, B. Monitoring clients for drug effects
C. Prescribing drugs
D. Evaluating clients for toxic effects
E. Educating
clients/caregivers about
drugs
Ans: A, B, D, E
Feedback:
In the institutional setting, the nurse's role to ensure safe use of
prescription drugs includes administering drugs, monitoring drug
effects, evaluating for toxic effects, and educating clients and
caregivers about drugs.
• The nurse is helping a client review a prescription from the health care
provider. Whenexamining the prescription, which of the following
would the nurse expect to find documented? Select all that apply.
A. Name of the drug
B. Dosage of the drug
C. Route of drug administration
D. Times of drug administration
E. Licensed
prescriber's
signature
Ans: A, B, C, D, E
Feedback:
The prescription must contain the client's name, the name of the
drug, the dosage, the method and times of administration, and the
signature of the licensed health care provider prescribing the drug.
• After teaching a group of nursing students about nonprescription
drugs, the nursing instructor determines that the teaching was
successful when the students identify whichof the following? Select all
that apply.
A. They require a licensed health care provider's signature.
B. They are referred to as over-the-counter drugs.
C. They can be taken without risk to the client.
D. They have certain labeling requirements.
E. They should be taken only as
directed on the label.
• Ans: B, D, E
Feedback:
