TEST BANK for Edmunds' Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider 5th Edition by Constance G. Visovsky and Zambroski All Chapter's 1-73

TEST BANK
Edmunds' Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider

5th Edition by Constance G. Visovsky and Zambroski
All Chapter's 1-73




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, ChapterT01:TPrescriptiveTAuthorityTandTRoleTImplementation:TTraditionTvs.TChangeTTe
stTBank

MULTIPLETCHOICE

1. WhichTofTtheTfollowingThasTinfluencedTanTemphasisTonTprimaryTcareTeducationTinTmedica
lTschools?
a. ChangesTinTMedicareTreimbursemen
tTmethodsTrecommendedT inT1992
b. CompetitionTfromTnonphysiciansTdesiringT
toTmeetT primaryTcareTshortages
c. TheTneedTforTmonopolisticTcontrolTinTtheT
marketplaceTofTprimaryToutpatientT care
d. TheTrecognitionTthatTnonphysiciansThaveT
variableTsuccessTprovidingTprimaryTcare
ANS:T A
TheTPhysicianTPaymentTReviewTCommissionTinT1992TdirectlyTincreasedTfinancialTreimbur
sementTtoTcliniciansTwhoTprovideTprimaryTcare.TCoupledTwithTaTshortageTofTprimaryTcareT
providers,TthisTincentiveTledTmedicalTschoolsTtoTplaceTgreaterTemphasisTonTpreparingTprim
aryTcareTphysicians.TCompetitionTfromTnonphysiciansTincreasedTcoincidentallyTasTprofes
sionalsTfromTotherTdisciplinesTsteppedTupTtoTmeetTtheTneeds.
NonphysiciansThaveThadTincreasingTsuccessTatTprovidingTprimaryTcareTandThaveTbeenTsho
wnTtoTbeTsafeTandTeffective.

DIF: CognitiveTLevel:TRememberingT(Knowledge) REF:T 2

2. WhichTofTtheTfollowingTstatementsTisTtrueTaboutTtheTprescribingTpracticesTofTphysicians?
a. OlderTphysiciansTtendTtoTprescribeTmor
eTappropriateTmedicationsTthanTyounge
rTphysicians.
b. AntibioticTmedicationsTremainTinTtheTtopT
fiveTclassificationsTofTmedicationsTpres
cribed.
c. MostTphysiciansTrelyTonTaT“therapeuticTar
mamentarium”TthatTconsistsTofTlessTthan
100TdrugTpreparationsTperTphysician.
d. TheTdominantTformTofTdrugTinformationTus
edTbyTprimaryTcareTphysiciansTcontinuesTt
oTbeTthatTprovidedTbyTpharmaceuticalTco
mpanies.
ANS:T D
EvenTthoughTmostTphysiciansTclaimTtoTplaceTlittleTweightTonTdrugTadvertisements,




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