Pharmacology for Nurses-A Pathophysiologic Approach,
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6th Edition (Adams, 2020), Chapters 1 - 50
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,TABLE OF CONTENTS
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, Pharmacology for Nurses, 6e (Adams) Chapter f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i
1 Introduction to Pharmacology
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1) Anurseis reviewing key events inthehistory ofpharmacologywithastudentnurse.Which
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student comment indicates anunderstanding?
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1. "Early researchersusedthemselves as testsubjects." f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i
2. "Aprimary goal ofpharmacology is to prevent disease." f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i
3. "Penicillin isone ofthe initialdrugsisolatedfrom anaturalsource." f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i
4. "Pharmacologistsbegansynthesizingdrugsinthe laboratoryinthenineteenth f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i
century." f,i
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Explanation:
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1. Some early researchers, like Friedrich Serturner, used themselves as test f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i
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2. Anearlygoal of pharmacology was torelieve humansuffering. f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i
3. Initialdrugsisolatedfromcomplexmixtures includedmorphine,colchicine, f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i
curare,and cocaine, but not penicillin. f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i
4. Bythetwentiethcentury,pharmacologists could synthesizedrugsinthe f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i
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CognitiveLevel: Applying f,i f , i
Client Need/Sub: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
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Standards: QSEN Competencies: I.A.1 Integrate understanding of multiple dimensions of
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patient-centered care: patient/family/community preferences, values; coordination and
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integration of care; information, communication, and education; physical comfort and
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emotionalsupport;involvementoffamily andfriends;andtransitionandcontinuity.
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|AACNEssentialCompetencies:I.7Integratethe knowledgeandmethods ofa variety of
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disciplines to inform decision making. | NLN Competencies: Knowledge and Science:
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Integration of knowledge from nursing and other disciplines. | Nursing/Integrated
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Concepts:Nursing Process:Evaluation
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Learning Outcome: 1-1 Identify key events in the history of pharmacology. MNL
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LearningOutcome: 1.1 Examinethe relationshipbetweenmedicineand
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pharmacology.
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2) Astudentnurseasks anursinginstructorwhy anatomyandphysiologyas wellas
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microbiology are required courses when the student only wants to learn about
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pharmacology. Whatis the best responseby the instructor?
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1. "Becausepharmacologyis an outgrowth ofthosesubjects." f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i
2. "Youmustlearnall,sinceallofthosesubjects are partof the curriculum." f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f ,i f,i f ,i f,i
3. "Knowledgeof allthose subjectswillprepareyou toadministermedication." f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i
4. "Anunderstanding ofthosesubjectsis essentialtounderstandpharmacology." f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i
ANSWER: 4
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Explanation:
1. Pharmacologyis anoutgrowthof anatomy, physiology,andmicrobiology,butthis f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i
is notthe mostessentialreasonfor the nurse tolearn them.
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2. Thenursemustlearn anatomy,physiology,andmicrobiology tounderstand f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i f,i
pharmacology,not because they are partofthe curriculum.
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