Test Bank for Basic and Clinical Pharmacology 14th Edition By Bertram G. Katzung Chapter 1-66 Complete Guide A+

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Chapter 1. Introduction: The Nature of Drugs & Drug Development & Regulation
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1. A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a
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computed tomography (CT) scan. The nurse working on the oncology unit
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administers chemotherapy to patients who have cancer. At the Public Health
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Department, a nurse administers a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to
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a 14-month-old child as a routine immunization. Which branch of
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pharmacology best describes the actions of all three nurses?
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A) Pharmacoeconomics

B) Pharmacotherapeutics

C) Pharmacodynamics

D) Pharmacokinetics

Ans: B

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Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals. Nurses are
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involved with clinical pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is a
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branch of pharmacology that deals with the uses of drugs to treat, prevent,
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and diagnose disease. The radiology nurse is administering a drug to help
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diagnose a disease. The oncology nurse is administering a drug to help treat a
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disease. Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs involved in drug therapy.
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Pharmacodynamics involves how a drug affects the body and n n n n n n n n


pharmacokinetics is how the body acts on the body.
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2. A physician has ordered intramuscular (IM) injections of morphine, a
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narcotic, every 4 hours as needed for pain in a motor vehicle accident victim.
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The nurse is aware this drug has a high abuse potential. Under what category
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would morphine be classified?
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