Pharmacology for Nurses-A Pathophysiologic Approach,
6th Edition (Adams, 2020), Chapters 1 - 50
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
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, PharmacologycforcNurses,c6ec(Adams)cChapterc1
c IntroductionctocPharmacology
1) Acnurseciscreviewingckeyceventscincthechistorycofcpharmacologycwithcacstudentcnurse.cWhichcs
tudentccommentcindicatescancunderstanding?
1. "Earlycresearcherscusedcthemselvescasctestcsubjects."
2. "Acprimarycgoalcofcpharmacologycisctocpreventcdisease."
3. "Penicillincisconecofcthecinitialcdrugscisolatedcfromcacnaturalcsource."
4. "Pharmacologistscbegancsynthesizingcdrugscinctheclaboratorycincthecnineteenthccentur
y."
ANS:c1cExpl
anation:
1. Somecearlycresearchers,clikecFriedrichcSerturner,cusedcthemselvescasctestcsubje
cts.
2. Ancearlycgoalcofcpharmacologycwasctocrelievechumancsuffering.
3. Initialcdrugscisolatedcfromccomplexcmixturescincludedcmorphine,ccolchicine,ccurare
,candccocaine,cbutcnotcpenicillin.
4. Bycthectwentiethccentury,cpharmacologistsccouldcsynthesizecdrugscinctheclabor
atory.
PagecRef:c3
CognitivecLevel:c Applying
ClientcNeed/Sub:cPhysiologicalcIntegrity:cPharmacologicalcandcParenteralcTherapiescStandar
ds:c QSENcCompetencies:cI.A.1cIntegratecunderstandingc ofcmultiplecdimensionscofcpatient-
centeredccare:cpatient/family/communitycpreferences,cvalues;ccoordinationcandcintegrationco
fccare;cinformation,ccommunication,candceducation;cphysicalccomfortcandcemotionalcsupport;cin
volvementcofcfamilycandcfriends;candctransitioncandccontinuity.
|cAACNcEssentialcCompetencies:cI.7cIntegratecthecknowledgecandcmethodscofcacvarietycofcdiscip
linesctocinformcdecisioncmaking.c|cNLNcCompetencies:cKnowledgecandcScience:cIntegrationcofck
nowledgecfromcnursingcandcothercdisciplines.c|cNursing/IntegratedcConcepts:cNursingcProcess:c
Evaluation
LearningcOutcome:c1-
1cIdentifyckeyceventscincthechistorycofcpharmacology.cMNLcLearningcOutcome:c 1.1cE
xaminecthecrelationshipcbetweencmedicinecandcpharmacology.
2) Acstudentcnursecaskscacnursingcinstructorcwhycanatomycandcphysiologycascwellcascmicrob
iologycarecrequiredccoursescwhencthecstudentconlycwantsctoclearncaboutcpharmacolog
y.cWhatciscthecbestcresponsecbycthecinstructor?
1. "Becausecpharmacologyciscancoutgrowthcofcthosecsubjects."
2. "Youcmustclearncall,csincecallcofcthosecsubjectscarecpartcofctheccurriculum."
3. "Knowledgecofcallcthosecsubjectscwillcpreparecyouctocadministercmedication."
4. "Ancunderstandingcofcthosecsubjectsciscessentialctocunderstandcpharmacology."cANS:
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Explanation:
1. Pharmacologyciscancoutgrowthcofcanatomy,cphysiology,candcmicrobiology,cbutcthisci
scnotcthecmostcessentialcreasoncforcthecnursectoclearncthem.
2. Thecnursecmustclearncanatomy,cphysiology,candcmicrobiologyctocunderstandcphar
macology,cnotcbecausectheycarecpartcofctheccurriculum.