TEST BANK: PHARMACOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF NURSING CARE, 7TH EDITION, BONITA E. BROYLES, BARRY S. REISS, MARY E. EVANS

CHAPTER 1: DRUGS/AGENTS AND FACTORS AFFECTING THEIR ACTION TRUE/FALSE 1. Solutions must be kept in tightly capped containers to prevent solvent evaporation. ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: p. 7 OBJ: Cognitive Level: Knowledge 2. The nurse must use caution to prevent self-medication when applying transdermal patches to clients. ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: p. 9, Safe Nursing Practice 1-1 OBJ: Cognitive Level: Application 3. During a clinical trial, a client may be given an investigational drug without informed consent. ANS: F Feedback Correct Informed consent must be obtained for each client participating in clinical trials for investigational drugs. Incorrect PTS: 1 REF: p. 14 OBJ: Cognitive Level: Comprehension 4. Health care providers should not report “adverse events” with medications, because it will increase liability. ANS: F Feedback Correct Health care professionals should voluntarily report adverse events with medication. Incorrect PTS: 1 REF: p. 14 OBJ: Cognitive Level: Application 5. Allergic reactions do not occur unless the client has been previously exposed to the agent or a chemically related compound. ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: p. 20 OBJ: Cognitive Level: Knowledge MULTIPLE CHOICE The client with an elevated temperature, fatigue, and a productive cough visits the physician. The physician examines the client and determines that he has pneumonia. An antibiotic is prescribed, and the client is advised to take aspirin every four hours to reduce the fever and to drink plenty of fluids. The following questions relate to this client and to the background information about drugs the nurse needs to know to provide care to clients like this one. 1. A drug information source that would be most appropriate to use to identify an unknown drug product by its appearance is: