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,Chapter 1. History of Pharmacology
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A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a computed
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tomography (CT) scan. The nurse working on the oncology unit administers chemother
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apy to patients who have cancer. At the Public Health Department, a nurse administers
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a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to a 14-month-
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old child as a routine immunization. Which branch of pharmacology best describes the
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actions of all three nurses? dy dy dy dy




A) Pharmacoeconomics
B) Pharmacotherapeutics
C) Pharmacodynamics
D) Pharmacokinetics
ANSWER: B
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clinical pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is a branch of pharmacology t
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hat deals with the uses of drugs to treat, prevent, and diagnose disease.The radiology n
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urse is administering a drug to help diagnose a disease. The oncology nurse is adminis
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tering a drug to help treat a disease. Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs involved i
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n drug therapy. Pharmacodynamics involves how a drug affects the body and pharmac
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okinetics is how the body acts on the body. dy dy dy dy dy dy dy dy




2.
A physician has ordered intramuscular (IM) injections of morphine, a narcotic
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, every 4 hours as needed for pain in a motor vehicle accident victim. The n
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urse is aware this drug has a high abuse potential. Under whatcategory wo
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uld morphine be classified?
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ANSWER: B

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Narcotics with a high abuse potential are classified as Schedule II drugs beca
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use of severe dependence liability. Schedule I drugs have high abuse potentia
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l and no accepted medical use. Schedule III drugs have a lesser abuse poten
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tial than II and an accepted medical use. Schedule IV drugs have low abuse p
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otential and limited dependence liability.
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3.
When involved in phase III drug evaluation studies, what responsibiliti
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es would the nurse have?
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B) Choosing appropriate patients to be involved in the drug study
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C) Monitoring and observing patients closely for adverse effects
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ANSWER: C
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Phase III studies involve use of a drug in a vast clinical population in which p
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atients are asked to record any symptoms they experience while taking the d
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rugs. Nurses may be responsible for helping collect and analyze the inform
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ation to be shared with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) but would
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not conduct research independently because nurses do not prescribe medic
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ations. Use of animals in drug testing is done in the preclinical trials.
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Select patients who are involved in phase II studies to participate in studies
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where the participants have the disease the drug is intended to treat. These
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patients are monitored closely for drug action and adverse effects. Phase I st
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udies involve healthy human volunteers who are usually paid for their partici
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pation. Nurses may observe for adverse effects and toxicity.
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4.
What concept is considered when generic drugs are substituted f
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or brandname drugs?
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A) Bioavailability
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C) Distribution
D) Half-life
ANSWER: A
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