Test Bank For Pharmacology Clear and Simple:
A Guide to Drug Classifications and Dosage
Calculations,
4th Edition by Cynthia J. Watkins
Chapters 1 - 21
,
,Chapter 1. History of Pharmacology
Pharmacology Clear and Simple- A Guide to Drug Classifications and
Dosage Calculations 4th Edition Watkins Test Bank
1. A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who
is having a computedtomography (CT) scan. The nurse working
on the oncology unit administers chemotherapy to patients who
have cancer. At the Public Health Department, a nurse
administers a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to a 14-
month-old child as a routine immunization. Which branch of
A) Pharmacoeconomics
B) Pharmacotherapeutics
C) Pharmacodynamics
D) Pharmacokinetics
ANSWER: B
Feedback:
Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals.
Nurses are involved with clinical pharmacology or
pharmacotherapeutics, which is a branch of pharmacology that
deals with the uses of drugs to treat, prevent, and diagnose
disease. The radiology nurse is administering a drug to help
diagnose a disease. The oncology nurse is administering a drug
to help treat a disease. Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs
involved in drug therapy. Pharmacodynamics involves how a drug
2. A physician has ordered intramuscular (IM) injections of
morphine, a narcotic, every 4 hours as needed for pain in
a motor vehicle accident victim. The nurse is aware this
drug has a high abuse potential. Under what category
A) would morphine
Schedule I be classified?
B) Schedule II
C) Schedule III
D) Schedule IV
ANSWER: B
, Feedback:
Narcotics with a high abuse potential are classified as Schedule II drugs because of severe
dependence liability. Schedule I drugs have high abuse potential and no accepted medical use.
Schedule III drugs have a lesser abuse potential than II and an accepted medical use. Schedule
IV drugs have low abuse potential and limited dependence liability.
3. When involved in phase III drug evaluation studies,
what responsibilities would the nurse have?
A) Working with animals who are given experimental drugs
B) Choosing appropriate patients to be involved in the drug
study
C) Monitoring and observing patients closely for adverse
effects
D) Conducting research to determine effectiveness of the
drug
ANSWER: C
Feedback:
Phase III studies involve use of a drug in a vast clinical
population in which patients are asked to record any
symptoms they experience while taking the drugs. Nurses
may be responsible for helping collect and analyze the
information to be shared with the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) but would not conduct research
independently because nurses do not prescribe
medications. Use of animals in drug testing is done in the
preclinical trials. Select patients who are involved in
phase II studies to participate in studies where the
participants have the disease the drug is intended to
4. What concept is considered when generic drugs are
substituted for brand name drugs?
A) Bioavailability
B) Critical concentration
C) Distribution
D) Half-life
ANSWER: A
Feedback:
A Guide to Drug Classifications and Dosage
Calculations,
4th Edition by Cynthia J. Watkins
Chapters 1 - 21
,
,Chapter 1. History of Pharmacology
Pharmacology Clear and Simple- A Guide to Drug Classifications and
Dosage Calculations 4th Edition Watkins Test Bank
1. A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who
is having a computedtomography (CT) scan. The nurse working
on the oncology unit administers chemotherapy to patients who
have cancer. At the Public Health Department, a nurse
administers a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to a 14-
month-old child as a routine immunization. Which branch of
A) Pharmacoeconomics
B) Pharmacotherapeutics
C) Pharmacodynamics
D) Pharmacokinetics
ANSWER: B
Feedback:
Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals.
Nurses are involved with clinical pharmacology or
pharmacotherapeutics, which is a branch of pharmacology that
deals with the uses of drugs to treat, prevent, and diagnose
disease. The radiology nurse is administering a drug to help
diagnose a disease. The oncology nurse is administering a drug
to help treat a disease. Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs
involved in drug therapy. Pharmacodynamics involves how a drug
2. A physician has ordered intramuscular (IM) injections of
morphine, a narcotic, every 4 hours as needed for pain in
a motor vehicle accident victim. The nurse is aware this
drug has a high abuse potential. Under what category
A) would morphine
Schedule I be classified?
B) Schedule II
C) Schedule III
D) Schedule IV
ANSWER: B
, Feedback:
Narcotics with a high abuse potential are classified as Schedule II drugs because of severe
dependence liability. Schedule I drugs have high abuse potential and no accepted medical use.
Schedule III drugs have a lesser abuse potential than II and an accepted medical use. Schedule
IV drugs have low abuse potential and limited dependence liability.
3. When involved in phase III drug evaluation studies,
what responsibilities would the nurse have?
A) Working with animals who are given experimental drugs
B) Choosing appropriate patients to be involved in the drug
study
C) Monitoring and observing patients closely for adverse
effects
D) Conducting research to determine effectiveness of the
drug
ANSWER: C
Feedback:
Phase III studies involve use of a drug in a vast clinical
population in which patients are asked to record any
symptoms they experience while taking the drugs. Nurses
may be responsible for helping collect and analyze the
information to be shared with the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) but would not conduct research
independently because nurses do not prescribe
medications. Use of animals in drug testing is done in the
preclinical trials. Select patients who are involved in
phase II studies to participate in studies where the
participants have the disease the drug is intended to
4. What concept is considered when generic drugs are
substituted for brand name drugs?
A) Bioavailability
B) Critical concentration
C) Distribution
D) Half-life
ANSWER: A
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