Test Bank – Lehne’s Pharmacology for Nursing Care 12th Edition – Burchum & Rosenthal – Chapters 1–112 Complete Guide

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The nurse is teaching a patient how a medicat nurse will rely on knowledge of:
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a. clinical pharmacology. gi


b. drug efficacy. gi




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c. pharmacokinetics.
d. pharmacotherapeutics.
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Pharmacotherapeutics is the study of the use of drugs to diagnose, treat, and prevent conditio gi gi gi gi gi gi gi gi gi gi gi gi gi gi


ns. 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 intend
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Pharmacokinetics is the study of the impact of the body on a drug. gi gi gi gi gi gi gi gi gi gi gi gi




DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension gi gi


REF: Four Basic Terms TOP: Nursing Process: Implementa
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2. What does it mean when a drug is described as easy to administer?
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a. It can be stored indefinitely without need for refrigeration.
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b. It does not interact significantly with other medications.
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c. It enhances patient adherence to the drug regimen.
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d. It 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 more likel
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y to comply with the drug regimen. Drugs that are easy to give may have the other attributes
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listed, but those properties are independent of ease of administration.
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REF: Additional Properties of an Ideal Drug: Ease of Administration TO
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P: Nursing Process: Assessment
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3. A patient tells the nurse that he was told by the prescriber that the analgesic he is taking is
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very effective. Which statement by the patient demonstrates an understanding of the drug‘s
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effectiveness?
a. ―I don‘t have to worry about toxicity, since it takes a large amount of this drug to c
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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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d. ―It might make me sleepy, and it lessens pain for several hours at a time.‖
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ANS: D gi