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PHARMACOLOGY CLEAR AND SIMPLE:
A GUIDE TO DRUG CLASSIFICATIONS AND DOSAGE CALCULATIONS,
4TH EDITION BY CYNTHIA J. WATKINS ALL CHAPTERS 1 – 21 COVERED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 100% VERIFIED.
,
,Chapter 1. History of Pharmacology
Pharmacology Clear and Simple- A Guide to Drug Classifications and Dosage
Calculations 4thEdition 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
ANS >> 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 whatcategory would
morphine be classified?
A) Schedule I
B) Schedule II
C) Schedule III
, D) Schedule IV
ANS >> B
PHARMACOLOGY CLEAR AND SIMPLE:
A GUIDE TO DRUG CLASSIFICATIONS AND DOSAGE CALCULATIONS,
4TH EDITION BY CYNTHIA J. WATKINS ALL CHAPTERS 1 – 21 COVERED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 100% VERIFIED.
,
,Chapter 1. History of Pharmacology
Pharmacology Clear and Simple- A Guide to Drug Classifications and Dosage
Calculations 4thEdition 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
ANS >> 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 whatcategory would
morphine be classified?
A) Schedule I
B) Schedule II
C) Schedule III
, D) Schedule IV
ANS >> B
