TEST BANK LEHNE'S
PHARMACOLOGY FOR NURSING
CARE, 11TH
EDITION BY JACQUELINE
BURCHUM, LAURA ROSENTHAL
CHAPTER 1112|COMPLETE GUIDE
A+.
Chapter 1: Orientation to Pharmacology Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse is teaching a patient how a medication works to treat an illness. To
do this, the nurse will rely on knowledge of: a.clinical pharmacology.
b.
drug efficacy.
c.
pharmacokinetics.
d.
pharmacotherapeutics.
ANS: D
, Pharmacotherapeutics is the study of the use of drugs to diagnose, treat, and prevent
conditions. Clinical pharmacology is concerned with all aspects of drug–human interactions.
Drug efficacy measures the extent to which a given drug causes an intended effect.
Pharmacokinetics is the study of the impact of the body on a drug.
2. What does it mean when a drug is described as easy to administer?
a.
It can be stored indefinitely without need for refrigeration.
b.
It does not interact significantly with other medications.
c.
It enhances patient adherence to the drug regimen.
d.
It is usually relatively inexpensive to produce.
ANS: C
A major benefit of drugs that are easy to administer is that patients taking them are
more likely to comply with the drug regimen. Drugs that are easy to give may have the
other attributes listed, but those properties are independent of ease of administration.
3. A patient tells the nurse that he was told by the prescriber that the analgesic he is taking
is very effective. Which statement by the patient demonstrates an drug’s effectiveness?
a.
―I don‘t have to worry about toxicity, since it takes a large
amount of this drug to cause an overdose.‖
PHARMACOLOGY FOR NURSING
CARE, 11TH
EDITION BY JACQUELINE
BURCHUM, LAURA ROSENTHAL
CHAPTER 1112|COMPLETE GUIDE
A+.
Chapter 1: Orientation to Pharmacology Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse is teaching a patient how a medication works to treat an illness. To
do this, the nurse will rely on knowledge of: a.clinical pharmacology.
b.
drug efficacy.
c.
pharmacokinetics.
d.
pharmacotherapeutics.
ANS: D
, Pharmacotherapeutics is the study of the use of drugs to diagnose, treat, and prevent
conditions. Clinical pharmacology is concerned with all aspects of drug–human interactions.
Drug efficacy measures the extent to which a given drug causes an intended effect.
Pharmacokinetics is the study of the impact of the body on a drug.
2. What does it mean when a drug is described as easy to administer?
a.
It can be stored indefinitely without need for refrigeration.
b.
It does not interact significantly with other medications.
c.
It enhances patient adherence to the drug regimen.
d.
It is usually relatively inexpensive to produce.
ANS: C
A major benefit of drugs that are easy to administer is that patients taking them are
more likely to comply with the drug regimen. Drugs that are easy to give may have the
other attributes listed, but those properties are independent of ease of administration.
3. A patient tells the nurse that he was told by the prescriber that the analgesic he is taking
is very effective. Which statement by the patient demonstrates an drug’s effectiveness?
a.
―I don‘t have to worry about toxicity, since it takes a large
amount of this drug to cause an overdose.‖
