NURSING PHARMACOLOGY 8TH EDITION
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Focus on Nursing Pharmacology 8th Edition Karch Test Bank
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents 1
Chapter 01 - Introduction to Drugs
Chapter 02 - Drugs and the Body
Chapter 03 - Toxic Effects of Drugs a
Chapter 04 - The Nursing Process in Drug Therapy and Patient Safety p
Chapter 05 - Dosage Calculations t
Chapter 06 - Challenges to Effective Drug Therapy e
Chapter 07 - Introduction to Cell Physiology r
Chapter 08 - Antiinfective Agents
Chapter 09 - Antibiotics 5
Chapter 10 - Antiviral Agents 0
Chapter 11 - Antifungal Agents
Chapter 12 - Antiprotozoal Agents -
Chapter 13 - Anthelmintic Agents
Chapter 14 - Antineoplastic Agents I
Chapter 15 - Introduction to the Immune Response and Inflammation n
Chapter 16 - Antiinflammatory, Antiarthritis, and Related Agents t
Chapter 17 - Immune Modulators r
Chapter 18 - Vaccines and Sera o
Chapter 19 - Introduction to Nerves and the Nervous System d
Chapter 20 - Anxiolytic and Hypnotic Agents
Chapter 21 - Antidepressant Agents c
Chapter 22 - Psychotherapeutic Agents t
Chapter 23 - Antiseizure Agents i
Chapter 24 - Antiparkinsonism Agents o
Chapter 25 - Muscle Relaxants n
Chapter 26 - Narcotics, Narcotic Antagonists, and Antimigraine Agents
Chapter 27 - General and Local Anesthetic Agents t
Chapter 28 - Neuromuscular Junction Blocking Agents o
Chapter 29 - Introduction to the Autonomic Nervous System
Chapter 30 - Adrenergic Agonists t
Chapter 31 - Adrenergic Antagonists h
Chapter 32 - Cholinergic Agonists e
Chapter 33 - Anticholinergic Agents
Chapter 34 - Introduction to the Endocrine System R
Chapter 35 - Hypothalamic and Pituitary Agents e
Chapter 36 - Adrenocortical Agents n
Chapter 37 - Thyroid and Parathyroid Agents a
Chapter 38 - Agents to Control Blood Glucose Levels l
Chapter 39 - Introduction to the Reproductive System
Chapter 40 - Drugs Affecting the Female Reproductive System S
Chapter 41 - Drugs Affecting the Male Reproductive System y
Chapter 42 - Introduction to the Cardiovascular System s
Chapter 43 - Drugs Affecting Blood Pressure t
Chapter 44 - Agents for Treating Heart Failure e
Chapter 45 - Antiarrhythmic Agents m
Chapter 46 - Antianginal Agents
Chapter 47 - Lipid-Lowering Agents
Chapter 48 - Drugs Affecting Blood Coagulation
Chapter 49 - Drugs Used to Treat Anemias
,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 01 - Introduction to Drugs
A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a computed tomography(CT)
scan. The nurse working on the oncology unit administers chemotherapy to patients 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
armacodynamics
Pharmacokinetics
Ans: B
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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.
A physician has ordered intramuscular (IM) injections of morphine, a narcotic, every 4 hours as neededfor
pain in a motor vehicle accident victim. The nurse is aware this drug has a high abuse potential.
Under what category would morphine be classified?
Schedule I
Schedule II
Schedule III
Schedule IV
Ans: B
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