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Chapters 1 - 59 bb bb bb bb
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Chapter 01- Introduction to Drugs
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Chapter 02- Drugs and the Body
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Chapter 03- Toxic Effects of Drugs
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Chapter 04- The Nursing Process in Drug Therapy and Patient
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SafetyChapter 05- Dosage Calculations
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Chapter 06- Challenges to Effective Drug
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TherapyChapter 07- Introduction to Cell
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Physiology Chapter 08- Anti-infective Agents
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Chapter 09- Antibiotics bb bb
Chapter 10- Antiviral Agents
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Chapter 11- Antifungal Agents
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Chapter 12- Antiprotozoal Agents bb bb bb
Chapter 13- Anthelmintic Agents
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Chapter 14- Antineoplastic Agents
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Chapter 15- Introduction to the Immune Response and
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InflammationChapter 16- Anti-inflammatory, Antiarthritis, and
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Related Agents Chapter 17- Immune Modulators
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Chapter 18- Vaccines and Sera
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Chapter 19- Introduction to Nerves and the Nervous
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SystemChapter 20- Anxiolytic and Hypnotic Agents
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Chapter 21- Antidepressant Agents
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Chapter 22- Psychotherapeutic
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AgentsChapter 23- Antiseizure Agents
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Chapter 24- Antiparkinsonism
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AgentsChapter 25- Muscle Relaxants
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Chapter 26- Narcotics, Narcotic Antagonists, and Antimigraine
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AgentsChapter 27- General and Local Anesthetic Agents
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Chapter 28- Neuromuscular Junction Blocking Agents
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Chapter 29- Introduction to the Autonomic Nervous
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SystemChapter 30- Adrenergic Agonists
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Chapter31- Adrenergic bb bb
AntagonistsChapter 32- Cholinergic
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Agonists Chapter 33-
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Chapter 34- Introduction to the Endocrine
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SystemChapter 35- Hypothalamic and Pituitary
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Agents Chapter 36- Adrenocortical Agents
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Chapter 37- Thyroid and Parathyroid Agents
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Chapter 38- Agents to Control Blood Glucose
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LevelsChapter 39- Introduction to the Reproductive
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Chapter 40- Drugs Affecting the Female Reproductive
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SystemChapter 41- Drugs Affecting the Male Reproductive
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System Chapter 42- Introduction to the Cardiovascular System
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Chapter 43- Drugs Affecting Blood Pressure
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Chapter 44- Agents for Treating Heart
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FailureChapter 45- Antiarrhythmic Agents
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Chapter 46- Antianginal Agents
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Chapter 47- Lipid-Lowering Agents
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Chapter 48- Drugs Affecting Blood
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CoagulationChapter 49- Drugs Used to Treat
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Anemias Chapter 50- Introduction to the Renal
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System Chapter 51- Diuretic Agents
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Chapter 52- Drugs Affecting the Urinary Tract and the
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BladderChapter 53- Introduction to the Respiratory System
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Chapter 54- Drugs Acting on the Upper Respiratory
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TractChapter 55- Drugs Acting on the Lower Respiratory
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TractChapter 56- Introduction to the Gastrointestinal
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System Chapter 57- Drugs Affecting Gastrointestinal
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Secretions Chapter 58- Drugs Affecting Gastrointestinal
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Motility Chapter 59- Antiemetic Agents
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, Chapter 1: Introduction to Drugs bb bb bb bb
CognitiveLevel: b
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Integrated Process: Nursing process bb b b bb
1.A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a
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bb computerized axial tomography (CAT) scan. A nurse working on an oncology unit bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb
bb administers chemotherapy to patients who have cancer. At the Public Health
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bb Department, a nurse administers a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to a 14- bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb
month-old child as a routine immunization. Which branch of pharmacology best
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bb describes the actions of all three nurses? bb bb bb bb bb bb
A) Pharmacoeconomics
B) Pharmacotherapeutics
C) Pharmacodynamics
D) Pharmacokinetics
ANSWER: B
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bb clinical pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is a branch of pharmacologythat
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bb deals with the uses of drugs to treat, prevent, and diagnose disease. The nurse working in
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bb radiology is administering a drug to help diagnose a disease.The nurse working on an
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bb oncologyunit is administering a drug to help treat adisease. Pharmacoeconomics includes
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bb anycosts involved in drug therapy.
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bb the bodyacts on the drug.
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2.A physician has ordered intramuscular injections of morphine, a narcotic, every 4 hours as
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needed for pain for a motor vehicle accident victim.The nurse is aware thatthere is a high
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bb abuse potential for this drug; therefore, morphine is categorized as a:
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A) Schedule Idrug bb bb
B) Schedule II drug bb bb
C) Schedule III drug bb bb
D) Schedule IVdrug bb bb
, ANSWER: B
Response:
Narcotics such as morphine are considered schedule II drugs because of the high abuse
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bb potential with severe dependence liability. Schedule I drugs have high abuse potential
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bb and no accepted medical use. Schedule III drugs have a lesser abuse potential than
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schedule IIdrugs and an accepted medical use. Schedule IVdrugs havelow abuse potential
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bb and limited dependence liability.
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Integrated Process: Communication and documentation bb b b bb bb
3.A nurse working for a drug company is involved in phase III drug evaluation studies.Which
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bb of the following might the nurse be responsible for during this stage of drug
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bb development?