Test Bank For Pharmacology for Nurses A Pathophysiological Approach, 6th Edition by Michael P. Adams; Norman Holland, All Chapters 1 - 50, Verified Newest Version

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Pharmacology for Nurses-A Pathophysiologic Approach,
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7th Edition (Adams, 2024), Chapters 1 - 50
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,TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1 Introduction to Pharmacology
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1) A nurse is reviewing key events in the history of pharmacology with a student nurse.
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Which student comment indicates an understanding?
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1. "Early researchers used themselves as test subjects." n n n n n n




2. "A primary goal of pharmacology is to prevent disease."
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3. "Penicillin is one of the initial drugs isolated from a natural source." n n n n n n n n n n n




4. "Pharmacologists began synthesizing drugs in the laboratory in the nineteenth n n n n n n n n n




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Explanation
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1. Some early researchers, like Friedrich Serturner, used themselves as testn n n n n n n n n




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2. An early goal of pharmacology was to relieve human suffering.
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3. Initial drugs isolated from complex mixtures included morphine, colchicine,
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curare, and cocaine, but not penicillin.
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4. By the twentieth century, pharmacologists could synthesize drugs in the
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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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emotional support; involvement of family and friends; and transition and continuity.
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| AACN Essential Competencies: I.7 Integrate the knowledge and methods of a 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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Learning Outcome: 1.1 Examine the relationship between medicine and
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pharmacology.
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2) A student nurse asks a nursing instructor why anatomy and physiology as well as
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microbiology are required courses when the student only wants to learn about
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pharmacology. What is the best response by the instructor?
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1. "Because pharmacology is an outgrowth of those subjects." n n n n n n n




2. "You must learn all, since all of those subjects are part of the curriculum."
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3. "Knowledge of all those subjects will prepare you to administer medication." n n n n n n n n n n




4. "An understanding of those subjects is essential to understand pharmacology."
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ANSWER: 4
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Explanation:
1. Pharmacology is an outgrowth of anatomy, physiology, and microbiology, but n n n n n n n n n




this is not the most essential reason for the nurse to learn them.
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2. The nurse must learn anatomy, physiology, and microbiology to understand
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