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Ch. 1: Orientation to Pharmacology
Ch. 1: Orientation to 
Pharmacology 
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. - CORRECT ANSWER 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 ...