Test bank for Karch’s Focus on Nursing Pharmacology 9th Edition

Test bankfor Karch’s Focus on Nursing Pharmacology 9th Edition




Chapter1 Introductionto Drugs

,Chapter 2 Drugs and the Body
Chapter 3 Toxic Effectsof Drugs
Chapter 4 The Nursing Processin Drug Therapyand PatientSafety
Chapter 5 Dosage Calculations
Chapter 6 ChallengestoEffectiveDrug Therapy
Chapter 7 Introduction to Cell Physiology
Chapter 8 Antiinfective Agents
Chapter9 Antibiotics
Chapter10 Antiviral Agents
Chapter 11 Antifungal Agents
Chapter 12 Antiprotozoal Agents
Chapter 13 Anthelmintic Agents
Chapter 14 AntineoplasticAgents
Chapter 15 Introductionto theImmuneResponseand Inflammation
Chapter 16 Antiinflammatory, Antiarthritis, and Related Agents Chapter
17 Immune Modulators
Chapter18 Vaccinesand Sera
Chapter 19 Introductionto Nervesand theNervousSystem
Chapter 20 Anxiolytic and Hypnotic Agents
Chapter 21 AntidepressantAgents
Chapter 22 Psychotherapeutic Agents
Chapter 23 Antiseizure Agents Chapter
24 Antiparkinsonism Agents
Chapter 25 Muscle Relaxants
Chapter 26 Opioid Agonists,Opioid Antagonists,and AntimigraineAgents
Chapter 27 General and Local Anesthetic Agents
Chapter 28 Neuromuscular Junction Blocking Agents Chapter
29 IntroductiontotheAutonomicNervousSystem
Chapter 30 Adrenergic Agonists
Chapter 31 AdrenergicAntagonists
Chapter 32 Cholinergic Agonists
Chapter 33 Anticholinergic Agents
Chapter 34 IntroductiontotheEndocrineSystem
Chapter 35 Hypothalamic and Pituitary Agents
Chapter 36 Adrenocortical Agents
Chapter 37 Thyroid and Parathyroid Agents Chapter
38 Agentsto Control BloodGlucoseLevels
Chapter39 IntroductiontotheReproductiveSystem
Chapter 40 Drugs AffectingtheFemaleReproductiveSystem
Chapter 41 Drugs Affecting the Male Reproductive System
Chapter 42 Introduction to the Cardiovascular System Chapter
43 Drugs Affecting Blood Pressure
Chapter 44 Agentsfor TreatingHeartFailure
Chapter 45 Antiarrhythmic Agents

,Chapter 46 Antianginal Agents
Chapter 47 Lipid-LoweringAgents
Chapter 48 Drugs AffectingBloodCoagulation
Chapter 49 Drugs Used to Treat Anemias
Chapter 50 Introduction to the Renal System
Chapter 51 Diuretic Agents
Chapter 52 Drugs AffectingtheUrinary Tract and theBladder
Chapter 53 Introduction to the Respiratory System
Chapter 54 Drugs Acting on theUpperRespiratoryTract
Chapter 55 Drugs Acting on theLowerRespiratoryTract
Chapter 56 Introduction to the Gastrointestinal System
Chapter 57 Drugs Affecting Gastrointestinal Secretions
Chapter 58 Drugs Affecting Gastrointestinal Motility
Chapter 59 Antiemetic Agents
Chapter60 Vitamin, Minerals,and Complementary/AlternativeMedications

, Chapter1, Introductionto Drugs

Format:MultipleChoice Chapter: 1

Client Needs:PhysiologicalIntegrity:Pharmacologicaland ParenteralTherapies Cognitive Level: Analyze

Difficulty:Moderate

IntegratedProcess:Nursing Process Objective: 1

1. A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a client who is having a computed tomography (CT)
scan. The nurse working on the oncology unit administers chemotherapy to clients who have cancer. At the
Public Health Department, a nurse administers a measles
–mumps–rubella (MMR) vaccine to a 14
-month-old
child as a routineimmunization.Which branchof pharmacologybestdescribes the actions of all three nurses?

A) Pharmacoeconomics

B) Pharmacotherapeutics

C) Pharmacodynamics

D) PharmacokineticsAns:

B

Feedback: Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals. Nurses
involved
are with clinical
pharmacologyor pharmacotherapeutics,
which is a branch of pharmacology that deals with the uses of drugs to
treat, prevent, and diagnose disease. The radiology nurse is administering a drug to help diagnose a disease.
The oncologynurseis administeringa drug to helptreata disease. Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs
involved in drug therapy.
Pharmacodynamicsinvolveshowa drug affectsthebody, andpharmacokineticsis how the body acts on the body.




Format:MultipleChoice