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 a drug according to the
foundational concepts in pharmacology?
A. A chemical used only to treat disease
B. Any chemical that can affect living processes
C. A substance prescribed by an authorized healthcare provider
D. Any substance that produces a beneficial physiologic effect
Correct Answer:
B. Any chemical that can affect living processes
Rationale:
A drug is defined broadly as any chemical capable of affecting
living processes. A drug does not have to be prescribed,
therapeutic, or beneficial to meet this definition. (Ethernet
University)
Question 2 — Easy — Multiple Choice
A nursing student asks what pharmacology encompasses.
Which response by the instructor is most accurate?
A. The use of drugs exclusively to treat disease
B. The study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
C. The study of medication administration techniques
D. The study of drug effects only in hospitalized patients
Correct Answer:
B. The study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
Rationale:
Pharmacology is the study of drugs and their interactions with
living systems. It includes drug properties, effects, and processes
involved in drug action and disposition. (Ethernet University)
, Question 3 — Easy — Multiple Choice
Which activity is an example of clinical pharmacology rather
than therapeutics?
A. Selecting an antibiotic to treat a patient's infection
B. Using a medication to prevent pregnancy
C. Studying how a new medication affects healthy human
volunteers
D. Choosing a medication to reduce a patient's blood pressure
Correct Answer:
C. Studying how a new medication affects healthy human
volunteers
Rationale:
Clinical pharmacology is the study of drugs in humans, including
patients and healthy volunteers. Therapeutics refers to the
medical use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease or
prevent pregnancy. (Ethernet University)
Question 4 — Easy — Multiple Choice
Which statement best describes therapeutics?
A. The study of chemical properties of medications
B. The study of all drug effects in laboratory animals
C. The medical use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, or treat
disease
D. The study of drug movement through the body
Correct Answer:
C. The medical use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, or treat
disease
Care
12th Edition
Author(s)Jacqueline Rosenjack
Burchum; Laura D. Rosenthal
TEST BANK
,
,Question 1 — Easy — Multiple Choice
Which statement best defines a drug according to the
foundational concepts in pharmacology?
A. A chemical used only to treat disease
B. Any chemical that can affect living processes
C. A substance prescribed by an authorized healthcare provider
D. Any substance that produces a beneficial physiologic effect
Correct Answer:
B. Any chemical that can affect living processes
Rationale:
A drug is defined broadly as any chemical capable of affecting
living processes. A drug does not have to be prescribed,
therapeutic, or beneficial to meet this definition. (Ethernet
University)
Question 2 — Easy — Multiple Choice
A nursing student asks what pharmacology encompasses.
Which response by the instructor is most accurate?
A. The use of drugs exclusively to treat disease
B. The study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
C. The study of medication administration techniques
D. The study of drug effects only in hospitalized patients
Correct Answer:
B. The study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
Rationale:
Pharmacology is the study of drugs and their interactions with
living systems. It includes drug properties, effects, and processes
involved in drug action and disposition. (Ethernet University)
, Question 3 — Easy — Multiple Choice
Which activity is an example of clinical pharmacology rather
than therapeutics?
A. Selecting an antibiotic to treat a patient's infection
B. Using a medication to prevent pregnancy
C. Studying how a new medication affects healthy human
volunteers
D. Choosing a medication to reduce a patient's blood pressure
Correct Answer:
C. Studying how a new medication affects healthy human
volunteers
Rationale:
Clinical pharmacology is the study of drugs in humans, including
patients and healthy volunteers. Therapeutics refers to the
medical use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease or
prevent pregnancy. (Ethernet University)
Question 4 — Easy — Multiple Choice
Which statement best describes therapeutics?
A. The study of chemical properties of medications
B. The study of all drug effects in laboratory animals
C. The medical use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, or treat
disease
D. The study of drug movement through the body
Correct Answer:
C. The medical use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, or treat
disease
