Test Bank For Pharmacology Clear and Simple: A Guide to Drug Classifications and Dosage Calculations, 4th Editionby Cynthia J. Watkins Chapters 1 - 21

Test Bank For Pharmacology Clear and Simple: A Guide to Drug Classifications and Dosage Calculations, 4th Edition by Cynthia J. Watkins Chapters 1 - 21 Chapter 1. History of Pharmacology Pharmacology Clear and Simple- A Guide to Drug Classifications and Dosage Calculations 4th Edition 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 ANSWER: 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 ...