TEST BANK FOR
PHARMACOLOGY CLEAR AND SIMPLE: A
GUIDE TO MEDICATION CLASSIFICATIONS
AND DOSAGE CALCULATIONS FIFTH
EDITION LATEST VERSION 2025/2026 [A+]
ALL CHAPTERS FULLY COVERED
BY CYNTHIA J. WATKINS RN MSN CPN (AUTHOR), CHARLET L.
BLADES (AUTHOR)
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACOLOGY
2. CHAPTER 1: A BRIEF HISTORY OF PHARMACOLOGY
3. HISTORY OF PHARMACOLOGY
4. SOURCES OF MEDICATIONS
5. CATEGORIZING MEDICATIONS
6. THE ROLES OF THE LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE (LPN), LICENSED
VOCATIONAL NURSE (LVN), AND MEDICAL ASSISTANT (MA) IN THE
ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS
7. CHAPTER 2: BASICS OF PHARMACOLOGY
8. WHAT IS PHARMACOLOGY?
9. THE MEDICATION CYCLE
10. ISSUES AFFECTING THE MEDICATION CYCLE
11. THE IMPORTANCE OF SIDE EFFECTS
12. MEDICATION RESOURCES FOR INFORMATION
13. CHAPTER 3: PATIENT SAFETY IN MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
14. PATIENT RIGHTS FOR SAFETY
15. MEDICATION NAMES AND ABBREVIATIONS
16. FACTORS AFFECTING MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
17. PROTECTING THE PATIENT: ETHICAL AND SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS
18. PROTECTING THE HEALTH-CARE WORKER
19. CHAPTER 4: REGULATIONS
20. HISTORY OF MEDICATION REGULATIONS
21. THE FDA AND MEDICATION DEVELOPMENT
22. CONTROL OF MEDICATIONS
23. SUBSTANCE ABUSE
24. CHAPTER 5: PRESCRIPTIONS AND LABELS
25. MEDICATION ORDERS
26. PARTS OF A PRESCRIPTION
27. MEDICATION LABELS
28. UNIT 2: CALCULATIONS
29. CHAPTER 6: REVIEW OF MATHEMATICS
30. WORKING WITH FRACTIONS
,31. DECIMALS
32. RATIOS AND PROPORTIONS
33. SOLVING FOR AN UNKNOWN
34. CHAPTER 7: MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
35. MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
36. CHAPTER 8: DOSAGE CALCULATIONS
37. METHODS FOR CALCULATING MEDICATION DOSAGES
38. SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
39. RECONSTITUTING POWDERS
40. PARENTERAL CALCULATIONS
41. CALCULATING FLUID BALANCE
42. UNIT 3: ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS
43. CHAPTER 9: ENTERAL MEDICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
44. ENTERAL MEDICATIONS
45. CHAPTER 10: PARENTERAL MEDICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
46. PARENTERAL MEDICATIONS
47. TOPICAL MEDICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
48. OPHTHALMIC MEDICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
49. OTIC MEDICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
50. VAGINAL MEDICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
51. NASAL ROUTE OF MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
52. INHALED MEDICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
53. INJECTABLE MEDICATIONS
54. UNIT 4: CLASSIFICATIONS OF MEDICATIONS
55. CHAPTER 11: INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM MEDICATIONS
56. INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM: VULNERABLE BARRIER
57. SKIN INFECTIONS AND MEDICATIONS
58. INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS AND MEDICATIONS
59. SKIN CANCER AND MEDICATIONS
60. CHAPTER 12: MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM MEDICATIONS
61. THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
62. MEDICATIONS USED TO TREAT MUSCULAR DISORDERS
63. MEDICATIONS USED TO TREAT ABNORMAL CALCIUM LEVELS
64. MEDICATIONS FOR BONE AND JOINT INFLAMMATION
65. MEDICATIONS TO TREAT PHANTOM LIMB PAIN
66. CHAPTER 13: NERVOUS SYSTEM MEDICATIONS
, 67. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
68. THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM AND MEDICATIONS
69. MEDICATIONS TO CONTROL PAIN AND FEVER
70. MEDICATIONS TO TREAT ANXIETY, INSOMNIA, SEDATION, AND
SEIZURES
71. MEDICATIONS TO TREAT BEHAVIORAL, EMOTIONAL, AND MOOD
DISORDERS
72. MEDICATIONS TO TREAT DEGENERATIVE DISORDERS
73. LOCAL AND GENERAL ANESTHETIC MEDICATIONS
74. ALCOHOL
75. CHAPTER 14: EYE AND EAR MEDICATIONS
76. THE EYE
77. EYE MEDICATIONS
78. THE EAR
79. EAR MEDICATIONS
80. MEDICATIONS AND OTOTOXICITY
81. CHAPTER 15: ENDOCRINE SYSTEM MEDICATIONS
82. THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
83. ENDOCRINE SYSTEM MEDICATIONS
84. MEDICATIONS THAT TREAT ADRENAL DISORDERS
85. CHAPTER 16: CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM MEDICATIONS
86. THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
87. MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, STROKE, AND CLOTTING
88. CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICATIONS
89. MEDICATIONS FOR LIPID DISORDERS
90. CHAPTER 17: IMMUNOLOGICAL SYSTEM MEDICATIONS
91. THE IMMUNE RESPONSE
92. MEDICATIONS THAT AFFECT THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
93. CHAPTER 18: PULMONARY SYSTEM MEDICATIONS
94. THE PULMONARY SYSTEM
95. PULMONARY MEDICATIONS
96. CHAPTER 19: GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM MEDICATIONS
97. GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
98. GASTROINTESTINAL MEDICATIONS
99. CHAPTER 20: REPRODUCTIVE AND URINARY SYSTEM MEDICATIONS
100. HORMONES OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
PHARMACOLOGY CLEAR AND SIMPLE: A
GUIDE TO MEDICATION CLASSIFICATIONS
AND DOSAGE CALCULATIONS FIFTH
EDITION LATEST VERSION 2025/2026 [A+]
ALL CHAPTERS FULLY COVERED
BY CYNTHIA J. WATKINS RN MSN CPN (AUTHOR), CHARLET L.
BLADES (AUTHOR)
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACOLOGY
2. CHAPTER 1: A BRIEF HISTORY OF PHARMACOLOGY
3. HISTORY OF PHARMACOLOGY
4. SOURCES OF MEDICATIONS
5. CATEGORIZING MEDICATIONS
6. THE ROLES OF THE LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE (LPN), LICENSED
VOCATIONAL NURSE (LVN), AND MEDICAL ASSISTANT (MA) IN THE
ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS
7. CHAPTER 2: BASICS OF PHARMACOLOGY
8. WHAT IS PHARMACOLOGY?
9. THE MEDICATION CYCLE
10. ISSUES AFFECTING THE MEDICATION CYCLE
11. THE IMPORTANCE OF SIDE EFFECTS
12. MEDICATION RESOURCES FOR INFORMATION
13. CHAPTER 3: PATIENT SAFETY IN MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
14. PATIENT RIGHTS FOR SAFETY
15. MEDICATION NAMES AND ABBREVIATIONS
16. FACTORS AFFECTING MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
17. PROTECTING THE PATIENT: ETHICAL AND SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS
18. PROTECTING THE HEALTH-CARE WORKER
19. CHAPTER 4: REGULATIONS
20. HISTORY OF MEDICATION REGULATIONS
21. THE FDA AND MEDICATION DEVELOPMENT
22. CONTROL OF MEDICATIONS
23. SUBSTANCE ABUSE
24. CHAPTER 5: PRESCRIPTIONS AND LABELS
25. MEDICATION ORDERS
26. PARTS OF A PRESCRIPTION
27. MEDICATION LABELS
28. UNIT 2: CALCULATIONS
29. CHAPTER 6: REVIEW OF MATHEMATICS
30. WORKING WITH FRACTIONS
,31. DECIMALS
32. RATIOS AND PROPORTIONS
33. SOLVING FOR AN UNKNOWN
34. CHAPTER 7: MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
35. MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
36. CHAPTER 8: DOSAGE CALCULATIONS
37. METHODS FOR CALCULATING MEDICATION DOSAGES
38. SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
39. RECONSTITUTING POWDERS
40. PARENTERAL CALCULATIONS
41. CALCULATING FLUID BALANCE
42. UNIT 3: ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS
43. CHAPTER 9: ENTERAL MEDICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
44. ENTERAL MEDICATIONS
45. CHAPTER 10: PARENTERAL MEDICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
46. PARENTERAL MEDICATIONS
47. TOPICAL MEDICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
48. OPHTHALMIC MEDICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
49. OTIC MEDICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
50. VAGINAL MEDICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
51. NASAL ROUTE OF MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
52. INHALED MEDICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
53. INJECTABLE MEDICATIONS
54. UNIT 4: CLASSIFICATIONS OF MEDICATIONS
55. CHAPTER 11: INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM MEDICATIONS
56. INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM: VULNERABLE BARRIER
57. SKIN INFECTIONS AND MEDICATIONS
58. INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS AND MEDICATIONS
59. SKIN CANCER AND MEDICATIONS
60. CHAPTER 12: MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM MEDICATIONS
61. THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
62. MEDICATIONS USED TO TREAT MUSCULAR DISORDERS
63. MEDICATIONS USED TO TREAT ABNORMAL CALCIUM LEVELS
64. MEDICATIONS FOR BONE AND JOINT INFLAMMATION
65. MEDICATIONS TO TREAT PHANTOM LIMB PAIN
66. CHAPTER 13: NERVOUS SYSTEM MEDICATIONS
, 67. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
68. THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM AND MEDICATIONS
69. MEDICATIONS TO CONTROL PAIN AND FEVER
70. MEDICATIONS TO TREAT ANXIETY, INSOMNIA, SEDATION, AND
SEIZURES
71. MEDICATIONS TO TREAT BEHAVIORAL, EMOTIONAL, AND MOOD
DISORDERS
72. MEDICATIONS TO TREAT DEGENERATIVE DISORDERS
73. LOCAL AND GENERAL ANESTHETIC MEDICATIONS
74. ALCOHOL
75. CHAPTER 14: EYE AND EAR MEDICATIONS
76. THE EYE
77. EYE MEDICATIONS
78. THE EAR
79. EAR MEDICATIONS
80. MEDICATIONS AND OTOTOXICITY
81. CHAPTER 15: ENDOCRINE SYSTEM MEDICATIONS
82. THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
83. ENDOCRINE SYSTEM MEDICATIONS
84. MEDICATIONS THAT TREAT ADRENAL DISORDERS
85. CHAPTER 16: CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM MEDICATIONS
86. THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
87. MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, STROKE, AND CLOTTING
88. CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICATIONS
89. MEDICATIONS FOR LIPID DISORDERS
90. CHAPTER 17: IMMUNOLOGICAL SYSTEM MEDICATIONS
91. THE IMMUNE RESPONSE
92. MEDICATIONS THAT AFFECT THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
93. CHAPTER 18: PULMONARY SYSTEM MEDICATIONS
94. THE PULMONARY SYSTEM
95. PULMONARY MEDICATIONS
96. CHAPTER 19: GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM MEDICATIONS
97. GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
98. GASTROINTESTINAL MEDICATIONS
99. CHAPTER 20: REPRODUCTIVE AND URINARY SYSTEM MEDICATIONS
100. HORMONES OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
