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1.A nurse working inbradiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a comput
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erized axial tomography (CAT) scan. A nurse working on an oncology unit
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administ ers chemotherapy to patientsbwho have cancer. At the Public Health
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Department, a n urse administers a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to a
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old child as a routine immunization. Which branch of pharmacology best describes
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t hebactions of all three nurses?
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A) Pharmacoeconomics
B) Pharmacotherapeutics
C) Pharmacodynamics
D) Pharmacokinetics
Ans: B
Response:
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wi th clinical pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is a branch of
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pharmacology that deals with the uses of drugs to treat, prevent, and diagnose
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disease. The nursebwor king in radiology isbadministering a drug to help diagnose a
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disease. Thebnurse workin g on an oncology unit is administering a drug to help treat a
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disease. Pharmacoeconomi cs includes any costs involved in drug therapy.
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Pharmacodynamics involves how a drug affects the body, and pharmacokinetics isbho ss ss ss ss ss ss ss ss ss ss


w the body acts on the drug.
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fficulty: Easy
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2.A physician has ordered intramuscular injections of morphine, a narcotic, every 4
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hour s as needed for pain for a motor vehicle accident victim. The nurse isbaware that
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there is a high abusebpotentialbfor this drug; therefore, morphine is categorized as a:
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Ans: B
Response:
Narcotics such asbmorphinebare considered schedule II drugs because of thebhigh abuse
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potential with severe dependence liability. Schedule I drugs have high abuse
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potential and no accepted medical use. Schedule III drugs have a lesser abuse
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potentialbthan sch edule II drugs and an accepted medical use. Schedule IV drugs have
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low abusebpotentia l and limited dependence liability.
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3. A nurse working for a drug company is involved in phase III drug evaluation
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studies. Which of the following
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of drug de velopment?
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o have the diseasebthat the drug is meant to treat
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dru gband determining whether they are caused by the disease or
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D) thebdrugbInforming healthy, young volunteer participants of possible risks that
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could occur from tak ing an experimental drug
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Ans: C
Response:
Phase III studiesbinvolve usebof a drug in a vast clinical market where patients are
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aske d to record any symptoms they experience while taking the drugs. Nurses may
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bebrespo nsible for helping collect and analyze the information to be shared with
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theb Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Use of animals in drug testing is done in
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the preclinical tr ials. A select group of patients who are involved in phase II studies
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participate in studi es where the participants have the disease the drug is intended to
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treat. These patients a re monitored closely for drugbeffects. Phase I studies involve
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healthy human volunteer s who are usually paid for their participation. Nurses may
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observe for adversebeffects a nd toxicity.
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4. Which of the following concepts is considered when generic drugs are substituted
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for brand-name drugs?
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Response:
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a nd isbavailable to act onbbody cells. Binders used in a generic drug may notbbe the
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same as thosebused in the brand-
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name drug. Therefore, the way thebbody breaks down and uses the drug may differ, whi
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ch may eliminate absubstitution. Critical concentration is the amount of a drug that is
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n eeded to causeba therapeutic effect.
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Distribution isbthebphasebof pharmacokinetics that involves the movement of a drug to t
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hebbody's tissues. A drug's half-
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life isbthebtimebit takes for the amount of drug to decrease to one-half of the peak level.
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5.A nurse isbteaching her patient about the use of over-the-
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A) counter (OTC) drugs. Whichbof the following statements best informs the patient about
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their safebuse?
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B) ―OTC drugs are products that are available without prescription for self-
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treatment of minor complaints.‖
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―OTC drugs are considered medications and should be reported on a drugbhistor
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