Test Bank Lehne's Pharmacology for Nursing Care, 11th Edition by Jacqueline Burchum, Laura Rosenthal Chapter 1-112|Complete Guide A+

Test Bank for Lehne's Pharmacology for Nursing Care 1
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, Chapter 1: Orientation to Pharmacology Te
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1. The nurse is teaching a patient how a medication works to treat an illness. To do th
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is, the nurse will rely on knowledge of:
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a.
clinical pharmacology. nm


b.
drug efficacy. nm


c.
pharmacokinetics.
d.
pharmacotherapeutics.
ANS: D nm



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nditions. Clinical pharmacology is concerned with all aspects of drug–
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human interactions. Drug efficacy measures the extent to which a given drug causes an
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intended effect.
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Pharmacokinetics is the study of the impact of the body on a drug. nm nm nm nm nm nm nm nm nm nm nm nm




DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension nm nm




REF: Four Basic Terms TOP: Nursing Process: Impleme
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ntation
MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Physiologic Integrity: Pharmacologic and Parenteral Therapies
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2. What does it mean when a drug is described as easy to administer?
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a.
It nm can be stored indefinitely without need for refrigeration.
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b.
It nm does not interact significantly with other medications.
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c.
It nm enhances patient adherence to the drug regimen.nm nm nm nm nm nm


d.
It nm is usually relatively inexpensive to produce.
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A major benefit of drugs that are easy to administer is that patients taking them are
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mmore likely to comply with the drug regimen. Drugs that are easy to give may hav
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e the other attributes listed, but those properties are independent of ease of admini
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REF: Additional Properties of an Ideal Drug: Ease of Administration T
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OP: Nursing Process: Assessment
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MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Physiologic Integrity: Pharmacologic and Parenteral Therapies
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3. A patient tells the nurse that he was told by the prescriber that the analgesic he is ta
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king is very effective. Which statement by the patient demonstrates an understanding
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mof the drug‘s effectiveness?
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a.
―I don‘t have to worry about toxicity, since it takes a large amount of t
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his drug to cause an overdose.‖
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b.
―It has no side effects and doesn‘t interact with other drugs.‖
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c.
―I only have to take it every 12 hours.‖
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