KARCH’S FOCUS ON NURSING PHARMACOLO GY 9TH EDITION.

KARCH’S FOCUS ON NURSING PHARMACOLO GY 9TH EDITION.Chapter 1 Introduction to Drugs Chapter 2 Drugs and the Body Chapter 3 Toxic Effects of Drugs Chapter 4 The Nursing Process in Drug Therapy and Patient Safety Chapter 5 Dosage Calculations Chapter 6 Challenges to Effective Drug Therapy Chapter 7 Introduction to Cell Physiology Chapter 8 Antiinfective Agents Chapter 9 Antibiotics Chapter 10 Antiviral Agents Chapter 11 Antifungal Agents Chapter 12 Antiprotozoal Agents Chapter 13 Anthelmintic Agents Chapter 14 Antineoplastic Agents Chapter 15 Introduction to the Immune Response and Inflammation Chapter 16 Antiinflammatory, Antiarthritis, and Related Agents Chapter 17 Immune Modulators Chapter 18 Vaccines and Sera Chapter 19 Introduction to Nerves and the Nervous System Chapter 20 Anxiolytic and Hypnotic Agents Chapter 21 Antidepressant Agents Chapter 22 Psychotherapeutic Agents Chapter 23 Antiseizure Agents Chapter 24 Antiparkinsonism Agents Chapter 25 Muscle Relaxants Chapter 26 Opioid Agonists, Opioid Antagonists, and Antimigraine Agents Chapter 27 General and Local Anesthetic Agents Chapter 28 Neuromuscular Junction Blocking Agents Chapter 29 Introduction to the Autonomic Nervous System Chapter 30 Adrenergic Agonists Chapter 31 Adrenergic Antagonists Chapter 32 Cholinergic Agonists Chapter 33 Anticholinergic Agents Chapter 34 Introduction to the Endocrine System Chapter 35 Hypothalamic and Pituitary Agents Chapter 36 Adrenocortical Agents Chapter 37 Thyroid and Parathyroid Agents Chapter 38 Agents to Control Blood Glucose Levels Chapter 39 Introduction to the Reproductive System Chapter 40 Drugs Affecting the Female Reproductive System Chapter 41 Drugs Affecting the Male Reproductive System Chapter 42 Introduction to the Cardiovascular System Chapter 43 Drugs Affecting Blood Pressure Chapter 44 Agents for Treating Heart Failure Chapter 45 Antiarrhythmic Agents Chapter 46 Antianginal Agents Chapter 47 Lipid-Lowering Agents Chapter 48 Drugs Affecting Blood Coagulation Chapter 49 Drugs Used to Treat Anemias Chapter 50 Introduction to the Renal System Chapter 51 Diuretic Agents Chapter 52 Drugs Affecting the Urinary Tract and the Bladder Chapter 53 Introduction to the Respiratory System Chapter 54 Drugs Acting on the Upper Respiratory Tract Chapter 55 Drugs Acting on the Lower Respiratory Tract Chapter 56 Introduction to the Gastrointestinal System Chapter 57 Drugs Affecting Gastrointestinal Secretions Chapter 58 Drugs Affecting Gastrointestinal Motility Chapter 59 Antiemetic Agents Chapter 60 Vitamin, Minerals, and Complementary/Alternative Medications Chapter 1, Introduction to Drugs Format: Multiple Choice Chapter: 1 Client Needs: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies Cognitive Level: Analyze Difficulty: Moderate Integrated Process: Nursing Process Objective: 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 routine immunization. Which branch of pharmacology best describes the actions of all three nurses? Pharmacoeconomics Pharmacotherapeutics Pharmacodynamics Pharmacokinetics Ans: B Feedback: Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals. Nurses are involved with clinical pharmacology or 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 oncology nurse is administering a drug to help treat a disease. Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs involved in drug therapy. Pharmacodynamics involves how a drug affects the body, and pharmacokinetics is how the body acts on the body. Format: Multiple Choice Chapter: 1 Client Needs: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies Cognitive Level: Understand Difficulty: Easy Integrated Process: Nursing Process Objective: 3 The care provider has prescribed intravenous hydromorphone, an opioid, for a client using a client-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump. The nurse is aware that this drug has a high abuse potential. Under what category would hydromorphone be classified? Schedule I Schedule II Schedule III Schedule IV Ans: B Feedback: Opioids with a high abuse potential are classified as schedule II drugs because of severe dependence liability. Schedule I drugs have high abuse potential and no accepted medical use. Schedule III drugs have a lesser abuse potential than schedule II drugs and an accepted medical use. Schedule IV drugs have low abuse potential and limited dependence liability. Format: Multiple Choice Chapter: 1 Client Needs: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies Cognitive Level: Apply Difficulty: Moderate Integrated Process: Nursing Process Objective: 2