Test Bank For Pharmacology Clear and Simple:
A Guide to Drug Classifications and Dosage Calculations,
4th Edition by Cynthia J. Watkins
Chapters 1 - 21
,
,Chapter 1. History of Pharmacology
Pharmacology Clear and Simple- A Guide to Drug Classifications and Dosage Calculations 4th
Edition Watkins Test Bank
1. A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a
computedtomography (CT) scan. The nurse working on the oncology unit administers
chemotherapy to patients who have cancer. At the Public Health Department, a nurse
administers a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to a 14-month-old child as a
routine immunization. Which branch of pharmacology best describes the actions of all
three nurses?
A) Pharmacoeconomics
B) Pharmacotherapeutics
C) Pharmacodynamics
D) Pharmacokinetics
ANSWER: B
Feedback:
Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals. Nurses are involved
with clinical pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is a branch of
pharmacology that deals with the uses of drugs to treat, prevent, and diagnose disease.
The radiology nurse is administering a drug to help diagnose a disease. The oncology
nurse is administering a drug to help treat a disease. Pharmacoeconomics includes any
costs involved in drug therapy. Pharmacodynamics involves how a drug affects the
body and pharmacokinetics is how the body acts on the body.
2. A physician has ordered intramuscular (IM) injections of morphine, a
narcotic, every 4 hours as needed for pain in a motor vehicle accident
victim. The nurse is aware this drug has a high abuse potential. Under what
category would morphine be classified?
A) Schedule I
B) Schedule II
C) Schedule III
D) Schedule IV
ANSWER: B
, Feedback:
Narcotics with a high abuse potential are classified as Schedule II drugs
because of severe dependence liability. Schedule I drugs have high abuse
potential and no accepted medical use. Schedule III drugs have a lesser
abuse potential than II and an accepted medical use. Schedule IV drugs have
low abuse potential and limited dependence liability.
3. When involved in phase III drug evaluation studies, what responsibilities
would the nurse have?
A) Working with animals who are given experimental drugs
B) Choosing appropriate patients to be involved in the drug study
C) Monitoring and observing patients closely for adverse effects
D) Conducting research to determine effectiveness of the drug
ANSWER: C
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Phase e III estudies einvolve e use eof ea e drug ein e a evast e clinical e population
e in e whichepatients e are e asked e to e record e any e symptoms e they e experience
e while e taking e theedrugs. e Nurses e may ebe e responsible efor e helping e collect
e and eanalyze e the einformation e to e be e shared e with e the e Food e and e Drug
e Administration e (FDA) e butewould e not e conduct e research e independently
e because e nurses e do e not e prescribe emedications. e Use e of e animals e in e drug
e testing e is e done e in e the e preclinical e trials. eSelect e patients e who eare
e involved e in e phase e II e studies e to e participate e in e studies ewhere e the
e participants e have e the e disease e the e drug e is e intended e to e treat. e These
epatients e are e monitored e closely e for e drug e action e and e adverse e effects.
e Phase e I estudies e involve e healthy ehuman e volunteers e who e are e usually
epaid e for e their eparticipation. e Nurses emay eobserve e for e adverse eeffects
e and etoxicity.
4. What e concept e is econsidered e when e generic e drugs e are e substituted e for
e brandename edrugs?
A) Bioavailability
B) Critical e concentration
C) Distribution
D) Half-life
ANSWER: A
Feedback:
A Guide to Drug Classifications and Dosage Calculations,
4th Edition by Cynthia J. Watkins
Chapters 1 - 21
,
,Chapter 1. History of Pharmacology
Pharmacology Clear and Simple- A Guide to Drug Classifications and Dosage Calculations 4th
Edition Watkins Test Bank
1. A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a
computedtomography (CT) scan. The nurse working on the oncology unit administers
chemotherapy to patients who have cancer. At the Public Health Department, a nurse
administers a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to a 14-month-old child as a
routine immunization. Which branch of pharmacology best describes the actions of all
three nurses?
A) Pharmacoeconomics
B) Pharmacotherapeutics
C) Pharmacodynamics
D) Pharmacokinetics
ANSWER: B
Feedback:
Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals. Nurses are involved
with clinical pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is a branch of
pharmacology that deals with the uses of drugs to treat, prevent, and diagnose disease.
The radiology nurse is administering a drug to help diagnose a disease. The oncology
nurse is administering a drug to help treat a disease. Pharmacoeconomics includes any
costs involved in drug therapy. Pharmacodynamics involves how a drug affects the
body and pharmacokinetics is how the body acts on the body.
2. A physician has ordered intramuscular (IM) injections of morphine, a
narcotic, every 4 hours as needed for pain in a motor vehicle accident
victim. The nurse is aware this drug has a high abuse potential. Under what
category would morphine be classified?
A) Schedule I
B) Schedule II
C) Schedule III
D) Schedule IV
ANSWER: B
, Feedback:
Narcotics with a high abuse potential are classified as Schedule II drugs
because of severe dependence liability. Schedule I drugs have high abuse
potential and no accepted medical use. Schedule III drugs have a lesser
abuse potential than II and an accepted medical use. Schedule IV drugs have
low abuse potential and limited dependence liability.
3. When involved in phase III drug evaluation studies, what responsibilities
would the nurse have?
A) Working with animals who are given experimental drugs
B) Choosing appropriate patients to be involved in the drug study
C) Monitoring and observing patients closely for adverse effects
D) Conducting research to determine effectiveness of the drug
ANSWER: C
Feedback:
Phase e III estudies einvolve e use eof ea e drug ein e a evast e clinical e population
e in e whichepatients e are e asked e to e record e any e symptoms e they e experience
e while e taking e theedrugs. e Nurses e may ebe e responsible efor e helping e collect
e and eanalyze e the einformation e to e be e shared e with e the e Food e and e Drug
e Administration e (FDA) e butewould e not e conduct e research e independently
e because e nurses e do e not e prescribe emedications. e Use e of e animals e in e drug
e testing e is e done e in e the e preclinical e trials. eSelect e patients e who eare
e involved e in e phase e II e studies e to e participate e in e studies ewhere e the
e participants e have e the e disease e the e drug e is e intended e to e treat. e These
epatients e are e monitored e closely e for e drug e action e and e adverse e effects.
e Phase e I estudies e involve e healthy ehuman e volunteers e who e are e usually
epaid e for e their eparticipation. e Nurses emay eobserve e for e adverse eeffects
e and etoxicity.
4. What e concept e is econsidered e when e generic e drugs e are e substituted e for
e brandename edrugs?
A) Bioavailability
B) Critical e concentration
C) Distribution
D) Half-life
ANSWER: A
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