15th Edition by Bertram G. Katzung, Verified
Chapters 1 – 66
,Table of Contents or or
1. Introduction: The Nature of Drugs & Drug Development & Regulation or or or or or or or or or
2. Drug Receptors & Pharmacodynamics
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3. Pharmacokinetics& Pharmacodynamics: Rational Dosing & the Time Course of Drug Action or or or or or or or or or or or
4. Drug Biotransformation
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5. Pharmacogenomics
6. Introduction to Autonomic Pharmacology or or or
7. Cholinoceptor-Activating & Cholinesterase-Inhibiting Drugs or or or
8. Cholinoceptor-Blocking Drugs or
9. Adrenoceptor Agonists & Sympathomimetic Drugs or or or or
10. Adrenoceptor Antagonist Drugs or or
11. Antihypertensive Agents or
12. Vasodilators & the Treatment of Angina Pectoris or or or or or or
13. Drugs Used in Heart Failure
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14. Agents Used in Cardiac Arrhythmias
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15. Diuretic Agents or
16. Histamine, Serotonin, & the Ergot Alkaloids or or or or or
17. Vasoactive Peptides or
18. The Eicosanoids: Prostaglandins, Thromboxanes, Leukotrienes, & Related Compounds
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19. Nitric Oxide or
20. Drugs Used in Asthma or or or
21. Introduction to the Pharmacology of CNS Drugs or or or or or or
22. Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs or
23. The Alcohols
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24. Antiseizure Drugs or
25. General Anesthetics or
26. Local Anesthetics
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27. Skeletal Muscle Relaxants or or
28. Pharmacologic Management of Parkinsonism & Other Movement Disorders or or or or or or or
29. Antipsychotic Agents & Lithium or or or
30. Antidepressant Agents or
31. Opioid Agonists & Antagonists or or or
32. Drugs of Abuse or or
33. Agents Used in Cytopenias; Hematopoietic Growth Factors
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34. Drugs Used in Disorders of Coagulation
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35. Agents Used in Dyslipidemia or or or
36. Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Disease- or or or
Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs, Nonopioid Analgesics, &
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Drugs Used in Gout
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37. Hypothalamic & Pituitary Hormones or or or
38. Thyroid & Antithyroid Drugs or or or
39. Adrenocorticosteroids & Adrenocortical Antagonists or or or
40. The Gonadal Hormones & Inhibitors
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41. Pancreatic Hormones & Antidiabetic Drugs or or or or
42. Agents That Affect Bone Mineral Homeostasis
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43. Beta-Lactam & Other Cell Wall- & Membrane-Active Antibiotics or or or or or or or
,44. Tetracyclines, Macrolides, Clindamycin, Chloramphenicol, Streptogramins, & Oxazolidinones
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45. Aminoglycosides & Spectinomycin or or
46. Sulfonamides, Trimethoprim, & Quinolones or or or
47. Antimycobacterial Drugs or
48. Antifungal Agents or
49. Antiviral Agents or
50. Miscellaneous Antimicrobial Agents; Disinfectants, Antiseptics, & Sterilants or or or or or or
51. Clinical Use of Antimicrobial Agents
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52. Antiprotozoal Drugs or
53. Clinical Pharmacology of the Antihelminthic Drugs
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54. Cancer Chemotherapy
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55. Immunopharmacology
56. Introduction to Toxicology: Occupational & Environmental or or or or or
57. Heavy Metal Intoxication & Chelators
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58. Management of the Poisoned Patient or or or or
59. Special Aspects of Perinatal & Pediatric Pharmacology
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60. Special Aspects of Geriatric Pharmacology
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61. Dermatologic Pharmacology or
62. Drugs Used in the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Diseases
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63. Therapeutic & Toxic Potential of Over-the-Counter Agents or or or or or or
64. Dietary Supplements & Herbal Medications
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65. Rational Prescribing & Prescription Writing
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66. Important Drug Interactions & Their Mechanisms
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Chapter 1. Introduction: TheNature ofDrugs & Drug Development & Regulation
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1.
A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a c
or or or or or or or or or or or o r or or
omputed tomography (CT) scan. The nurse working on the oncology unit admin or or or or or or or or o r or or
isters chemotherapy to patients who have cancer. At the Public Health Departm
or or or or or or or o r or or or
ent,anurse administersameasles-mumps- rubella(MMR) vaccinetoa 14-
or or or or or o r or or or or
month-
old child as a routine immunization. Which branch of pharmacologybest descri
or or or or o r or or or or or or
besthe actions of allthree nurses? or or o r or or o r
A) Pharmacoeconomics
B) Pharmacotherapeutics
C) Pharmacodynamics
D) Pharmacokinetics
Ans: B
, Feedback:
Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals. Nurses are or or or or or or or or or or o r or
involved with clinical pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is or or or or or o r or or
a branch of pharmacology that deals with the uses of drugs to treat, preve
or or or or or or or or or or or o r or
nt, and diagnose disease. The radiology nurse is administering a drug to h
or or or or or or or o r or or or or
elp diagnose a disease. The oncology nurse is administering a drugto help
or or or ro or or or o r or or ro or or
treat adisease. Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs involved in drug t
or or o r ro or or or or o r
herapy.
Pharmacodynamics involves how a drug affects the body a or or or or or or or o r
ndpharmacokinetics is how the body acts on the body. or or or or or or or or
2.
Wheninvolved in phaseIIIdrugevaluation studies, what re or or or or or or or or o r
sponsibilitieswould the nurse have?
A) Working with animals who are givenexperimental drugs
or or or
or or or or or or o r
B) Choosingappropriate patientsto be involved inthe drug study or or or or or or or or o r
C) Monitoringand observingpatientscloselyfor adverse effects or or or or or or o r
D) Conductingresearchtodetermine effectivenessof the drug or or or or or or o r
Ans: C
Feedback:
Phase III studies involve use of a drug in a vast clinical population in whichpati
or or or or or or or or or or or or or o r
ents are asked to record any symptoms they experience while taking thedrugs
or or or or or or or or o r or or
. Nurses may be responsible for helping collect and analyze the informationto
or or or or or or or o r or or or or or
be shared withtheFoodandDrug Administration(FDA) butwould not condu
or or or or or or o r or or or or
ct research independently because nurses do not prescribe medications. Use o
or or o r or or or or or or or
f animals in drug testing is done in the preclinical trials. Select patients who are
or or or o r or or or or or or or or or or o
involved in phase II studies to participate in studies where the participants ha
r o r or or or or or or or or or or or
ve the disease the drug is intended to treat. These patients are monitored close
o r or or or or or or or or or or or o r
ly for drug action and adverse effects. Phase I studies involve healthy human vo
or or or or or or or or or or o r or or
lunteers who are usually paid for their participation. Nursesmayobserve for a or or or or or or or o r or or or or
dverse effectsandtoxicity. or or or