PHARMACOLOGY CONNECTIONS TO
NURSING PRACTICE 5TH EDITION
MICHAEL ADAMS CAROL URBAN ALL
CHAPTERS PRACTICE TEST BANK 2026
TESTED QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ 2) Although all areas of medicine, including pharmacology, have
made great advances in the past century, the early roots of pharmacology
still apply for the nurse and other health professionals. What were the
early roots of pharmacology?
1. Applying products to relieve human suffering
2. Creating new drugs as quickly as possible
3. Finding medicinal alternatives to plants
4. Understanding how drugs cause their effects. Answer: Answer: 1
Explanation: The early root of pharmacology was to relieve human
suffering.
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⩥ 3) Although many substances can be considered drugs, which drug
definition is the most appropriate?
,1. Any substance that is found in nature or that normally occurs in the
body
2. Any substance that is synthesized and tested in the laboratory setting
3. Any substance that is taken to prevent, cure, or reduce symptoms of a
medical condition
4. Any substance that can be isolated from substances found in nature.
Answer: Answer: 3
Explanation: A drug is considered to be any substance that is taken to
prevent, cure, or reduce symptoms of a medical condition.
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⩥ 4) Pharmacotherapy is a critical intervention for many conditions, and
a key part of nursing intervention. Which statement best describes
pharmacotherapy?
1. The study of medicine and drug therapy
2. The application of natural substances to cure diseases
3. The application of drugs for the prevention and treatment of disease
and human suffering
4. Understanding the difference between trade and generic medications.
Answer: Answer: 3
Explanation: Pharmacotherapy is the application of drugs for the
prevention and treatment of diseases and human suffering.
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, ⩥ 5) Which principle best describes what the nurse is expected to
understand when administering medication to a client?
1. The pharmacotherapeutics for all of the medications
2. The most common side effects of the drug's prototype
3. The trade and generic names for all of the medications
4. The cost of the drug therapy from different drug manufacturers.
Answer: Answer: 1
Explanation: The nurse should understand the pharmacotherapeutics for
all medications that the client is receiving.
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⩥ 6) The Food and Drug Administration classifies drugs by category,
and these categories and drugs are found in the "Orange Book." To find
out which drugs treat hypertension, the nurse would look under which
classification?
1. Cardiac
2. Pharmacologic
3. Disease
4. Therapeutic. Answer: Answer: 4
Explanation: The nurse would look under the therapeutic category to
find out what conditions a drug will treat.
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NURSING PRACTICE 5TH EDITION
MICHAEL ADAMS CAROL URBAN ALL
CHAPTERS PRACTICE TEST BANK 2026
TESTED QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ 2) Although all areas of medicine, including pharmacology, have
made great advances in the past century, the early roots of pharmacology
still apply for the nurse and other health professionals. What were the
early roots of pharmacology?
1. Applying products to relieve human suffering
2. Creating new drugs as quickly as possible
3. Finding medicinal alternatives to plants
4. Understanding how drugs cause their effects. Answer: Answer: 1
Explanation: The early root of pharmacology was to relieve human
suffering.
Page Ref: 3
⩥ 3) Although many substances can be considered drugs, which drug
definition is the most appropriate?
,1. Any substance that is found in nature or that normally occurs in the
body
2. Any substance that is synthesized and tested in the laboratory setting
3. Any substance that is taken to prevent, cure, or reduce symptoms of a
medical condition
4. Any substance that can be isolated from substances found in nature.
Answer: Answer: 3
Explanation: A drug is considered to be any substance that is taken to
prevent, cure, or reduce symptoms of a medical condition.
Page Ref: 4
⩥ 4) Pharmacotherapy is a critical intervention for many conditions, and
a key part of nursing intervention. Which statement best describes
pharmacotherapy?
1. The study of medicine and drug therapy
2. The application of natural substances to cure diseases
3. The application of drugs for the prevention and treatment of disease
and human suffering
4. Understanding the difference between trade and generic medications.
Answer: Answer: 3
Explanation: Pharmacotherapy is the application of drugs for the
prevention and treatment of diseases and human suffering.
Page Ref: 4
, ⩥ 5) Which principle best describes what the nurse is expected to
understand when administering medication to a client?
1. The pharmacotherapeutics for all of the medications
2. The most common side effects of the drug's prototype
3. The trade and generic names for all of the medications
4. The cost of the drug therapy from different drug manufacturers.
Answer: Answer: 1
Explanation: The nurse should understand the pharmacotherapeutics for
all medications that the client is receiving.
Page Ref: 4
⩥ 6) The Food and Drug Administration classifies drugs by category,
and these categories and drugs are found in the "Orange Book." To find
out which drugs treat hypertension, the nurse would look under which
classification?
1. Cardiac
2. Pharmacologic
3. Disease
4. Therapeutic. Answer: Answer: 4
Explanation: The nurse would look under the therapeutic category to
find out what conditions a drug will treat.
Page Ref: 6
