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,Test Bank For Introductory Clinical Pharmacology
12th Edition By Susan Ford. Latest update 2024.
questions and 100% correct and well detailed
answers(with rationales)
1. A nursing instructor is preparing a teaching plan for a group of nursing
students about pharmacology. When describing this topic, the instructor would
focus the discussion on which of the following as an essential aspect?
A) Drug name
B) Drug class
C) Drug action
D) Drug
source Ans: C
Feedback:
Pharmacology is the study of drugs and their action on living organisms. Thus,
an essential aspect of pharmacology is drug action. An understanding of the
drug name, drug class, and drug source is important, but the most critical
aspect related to pharmacology is how the drug acts in the body.
2. A nursing student is preparing to administer a prescribed drug to a patient. The
student reviews information about the drug and its actions. Which of the
following would be the best choice for obtaining this information? Select all that
apply.
A) Nursing instructor
B) Nurse assigned to the patient
C) Clinical drug reference
D) Prescribing health care provider
E) Clinical
pharmacist Ans: C, E
Feedback:
Although the nursing student can ask the nursing instructor, the nurse assigned
to the patient, and the prescribing health care provider for information about
the drug, the best choices for drug information would include an appropriate
drug reference and the clinical pharmacist.
3. When describing the various types of medications to a group of nursing
students, a nursing instructor would identify which of the following as a
source for deriving medications? Select all that apply.
A) Plants
B) Synthetic sources
C) Mold
D) Minerals
E) Animals
Ans: A, B, C, D,
E
Feedback:
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,Medications are derived from natural sources, for example, plants, molds, minerals,
and animals, as well as created synthetically in a laboratory.
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, Introductory Clinical Pharmacology Test Bank for
Roach's By Ford MN RN CNE, Susan M TEST BANK
With Rationale
4. Which of the following names may be assigned to a drug during the
process of development? Select all that apply.
A) Chemical name
B) Official name
C) Pharmacologic name
D) Trade name
E) Nonproprietary
name Ans: A, B, D, E
Feedback:
Throughout the process of development, drugs may have several names
assigned to them including a chemical name, a generic (nonproprietary) name,
an official name, and a trade or brand name.
5. A drug may be classified by which of the following? Select all that apply.
A) The chemical type of the drug's active ingredient
B) The way the drug is used to treat a specific condition
C) The generic name of the drug
D) The trade name of the drug
E) The nonproprietary name of the
drug Ans: A, B
Feedback:
A drug may be classified by the chemical type of the active ingredient or by the
way it is used to treat a particular condition. Generic, trade, and nonproprietary
refer to how a drug is named.
6. A group of nursing students are reviewing information about the process of
drug development in the United States. The students demonstrate
understanding of this process when they identify that which of the following
categories are assigned by the Food and Drug Administration to newly
approved drugs? Select all that apply.
A) Metabolite
B) Noncontrolled substance
C) Prescription
D) Nonprescription
E) Controlled
substance Ans: C, D, E
Feedback:
Once drugs are approved for use, the FDA assigns the drug to one of the
following categories: prescription, nonprescription, or controlled substance.
Metabolite refers to the inactive form of the drug. Noncontrolled substance is a
term that is not used.
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,Test Bank For Introductory Clinical Pharmacology
12th Edition By Susan Ford. Latest update 2024.
questions and 100% correct and well detailed
answers(with rationales)
1. A nursing instructor is preparing a teaching plan for a group of nursing
students about pharmacology. When describing this topic, the instructor would
focus the discussion on which of the following as an essential aspect?
A) Drug name
B) Drug class
C) Drug action
D) Drug
source Ans: C
Feedback:
Pharmacology is the study of drugs and their action on living organisms. Thus,
an essential aspect of pharmacology is drug action. An understanding of the
drug name, drug class, and drug source is important, but the most critical
aspect related to pharmacology is how the drug acts in the body.
2. A nursing student is preparing to administer a prescribed drug to a patient. The
student reviews information about the drug and its actions. Which of the
following would be the best choice for obtaining this information? Select all that
apply.
A) Nursing instructor
B) Nurse assigned to the patient
C) Clinical drug reference
D) Prescribing health care provider
E) Clinical
pharmacist Ans: C, E
Feedback:
Although the nursing student can ask the nursing instructor, the nurse assigned
to the patient, and the prescribing health care provider for information about
the drug, the best choices for drug information would include an appropriate
drug reference and the clinical pharmacist.
3. When describing the various types of medications to a group of nursing
students, a nursing instructor would identify which of the following as a
source for deriving medications? Select all that apply.
A) Plants
B) Synthetic sources
C) Mold
D) Minerals
E) Animals
Ans: A, B, C, D,
E
Feedback:
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,Medications are derived from natural sources, for example, plants, molds, minerals,
and animals, as well as created synthetically in a laboratory.
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, Introductory Clinical Pharmacology Test Bank for
Roach's By Ford MN RN CNE, Susan M TEST BANK
With Rationale
4. Which of the following names may be assigned to a drug during the
process of development? Select all that apply.
A) Chemical name
B) Official name
C) Pharmacologic name
D) Trade name
E) Nonproprietary
name Ans: A, B, D, E
Feedback:
Throughout the process of development, drugs may have several names
assigned to them including a chemical name, a generic (nonproprietary) name,
an official name, and a trade or brand name.
5. A drug may be classified by which of the following? Select all that apply.
A) The chemical type of the drug's active ingredient
B) The way the drug is used to treat a specific condition
C) The generic name of the drug
D) The trade name of the drug
E) The nonproprietary name of the
drug Ans: A, B
Feedback:
A drug may be classified by the chemical type of the active ingredient or by the
way it is used to treat a particular condition. Generic, trade, and nonproprietary
refer to how a drug is named.
6. A group of nursing students are reviewing information about the process of
drug development in the United States. The students demonstrate
understanding of this process when they identify that which of the following
categories are assigned by the Food and Drug Administration to newly
approved drugs? Select all that apply.
A) Metabolite
B) Noncontrolled substance
C) Prescription
D) Nonprescription
E) Controlled
substance Ans: C, D, E
Feedback:
Once drugs are approved for use, the FDA assigns the drug to one of the
following categories: prescription, nonprescription, or controlled substance.
Metabolite refers to the inactive form of the drug. Noncontrolled substance is a
term that is not used.
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