Lehne's Pharmacology for Nursing
Care
12th Edition
Author(s)Jacqueline Rosenjack
Burchum; Laura D. Rosenthal
TEST BANK
,
,Question 1 — Easy — Multiple Choice
Which statement best defines pharmacology?
A. The study of how diseases develop in the body
B. The study of drugs and their effects on living organisms
C. The process of selecting a medication for a specific patient
D. The study of surgical procedures used to treat disease
Correct Answer:
B. The study of drugs and their effects on living organisms
Rationale:
Pharmacology is the study of drugs and their effects on living
organisms. Option A describes pathophysiology, option C is
related to therapeutic decision-making, and option D concerns
surgical treatment rather than drug science.
Question 2 — Easy — Multiple Choice
Which term refers to the use of drugs to prevent, diagnose,
or treat disease?
A. Pharmacotherapeutics
B. Pharmacokinetics
C. Pharmacodynamics
D. Toxicology
Correct Answer:
A. Pharmacotherapeutics
Rationale:
Pharmacotherapeutics concerns the use of drugs in the
prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease.
Pharmacokinetics concerns what the body does to a drug,
, pharmacodynamics concerns what the drug does to the body, and
toxicology focuses on harmful effects.
Question 3 — Easy — Multiple Choice
A nurse is reviewing the meaning of a drug's therapeutic
objective. Which statement is most accurate?
A. The objective is to produce the greatest possible drug effect.
B. The objective is to achieve the desired therapeutic response
with acceptable risk.
C. The objective is to eliminate every possible adverse effect.
D. The objective is to maintain the highest possible drug
concentration.
Correct Answer:
B. The objective is to achieve the desired therapeutic response
with acceptable risk.
Rationale:
The therapeutic objective is to obtain the desired clinical benefit
while minimizing unacceptable harm. Maximizing drug effect or
concentration can increase toxicity, and elimination of every
adverse effect is not always possible.
Question 4 — Easy — Multiple Choice
Which characteristic would be most consistent with an ideal
drug?
A. Produces multiple unrelated effects
B. Has a predictable therapeutic effect with minimal toxicity
C. Requires frequent dose adjustments in most patients
D. Produces effects that vary substantially between patients
Care
12th Edition
Author(s)Jacqueline Rosenjack
Burchum; Laura D. Rosenthal
TEST BANK
,
,Question 1 — Easy — Multiple Choice
Which statement best defines pharmacology?
A. The study of how diseases develop in the body
B. The study of drugs and their effects on living organisms
C. The process of selecting a medication for a specific patient
D. The study of surgical procedures used to treat disease
Correct Answer:
B. The study of drugs and their effects on living organisms
Rationale:
Pharmacology is the study of drugs and their effects on living
organisms. Option A describes pathophysiology, option C is
related to therapeutic decision-making, and option D concerns
surgical treatment rather than drug science.
Question 2 — Easy — Multiple Choice
Which term refers to the use of drugs to prevent, diagnose,
or treat disease?
A. Pharmacotherapeutics
B. Pharmacokinetics
C. Pharmacodynamics
D. Toxicology
Correct Answer:
A. Pharmacotherapeutics
Rationale:
Pharmacotherapeutics concerns the use of drugs in the
prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease.
Pharmacokinetics concerns what the body does to a drug,
, pharmacodynamics concerns what the drug does to the body, and
toxicology focuses on harmful effects.
Question 3 — Easy — Multiple Choice
A nurse is reviewing the meaning of a drug's therapeutic
objective. Which statement is most accurate?
A. The objective is to produce the greatest possible drug effect.
B. The objective is to achieve the desired therapeutic response
with acceptable risk.
C. The objective is to eliminate every possible adverse effect.
D. The objective is to maintain the highest possible drug
concentration.
Correct Answer:
B. The objective is to achieve the desired therapeutic response
with acceptable risk.
Rationale:
The therapeutic objective is to obtain the desired clinical benefit
while minimizing unacceptable harm. Maximizing drug effect or
concentration can increase toxicity, and elimination of every
adverse effect is not always possible.
Question 4 — Easy — Multiple Choice
Which characteristic would be most consistent with an ideal
drug?
A. Produces multiple unrelated effects
B. Has a predictable therapeutic effect with minimal toxicity
C. Requires frequent dose adjustments in most patients
D. Produces effects that vary substantially between patients
