7Type:67MC
MA
The67nurse67is67teaching67a67pharmacology67class67to67student67nurses.67What67does67the67nurse67include67as67key67events67i
n67the67history67of67pharmacology?
Note:67Credit67will67be67given67only67if67all67correct67choices67and67no67incorrect67choices67are67selected.
Standard67Text:67Select67all67that67apply.
1. Initial67drugs67included67morphine,67cocaine,67and67penicillin.
2. Early67researchers67used67themselves67as67test67subjects.
3. The67initial67intention67of67pharmacology67was67to67relieve67human67suffering.
4. Modern67pharmacology67began67in67the67early671600s.
5. Pharmacologists67synthesized67drugs67in67the67laboratory67in67the67twentieth67century.
Correct67Answer:672,3,5
Rationale671:67Initial67drugs67isolated67from67complex67mixtures67included67morphine,67colchicines,67curare,67and67cocaine,6
7but67not67penicillin.
Rationale672:67Some67early67researchers,67such67as67Friedrich67Serturner,67used67themselves67as67test67subjects.
Rationale673:67The67early67roots67of67pharmacology67included67the67application67of67products67to67relieve67human67sufferin
g.
Rationale674:67Modern67pharmacology67began67in67the67early671800s,67not67the671600s.
Rationale675:67By67the67twentieth67century,67pharmacologists67could67synthesize67drugs67in67the67laboratory.
Global67Rationale:67The67early67roots67of67pharmacology67included67the67application67of67products67to67relieve67human6
7suffering,67and67early67researchers67used67themselves67as67test67subjects.67Initial67drugs67included67morphine,67colchici
nes,67curare,67and67cocaine,67but67not67penicillin.67Modern67pharmacology67began67in67the67early671800s,67not67the67160
0s.67By67the67twentieth67century,67pharmacologists67could67synthesize67drugs67in67the67laboratory.
Cognitive67Level:67Applying
Client67Need:67Physiological67Integrity
Client67Need67Sub:67Pharmacological67and67Parenteral67Therapies
QSEN67Competencies:67I.A.167Integrate67understanding67of67multiple67dimensions67of67patient67centered67care:67patient
/family/community67preferences,67values;67coordination67and67integration67of67care;67information,67communication,67and67
education;67physical67comfort67and67emotional67support;67involvement67of67family67and67friends;67and67transition67and67co
mmunity.
,AACN67Essential67Competencies:67I.767Integrate67the67knowledge67and67methods67of67a67variety67of67disciplines67to67infor
m67decision67making.
NLN67Competencies:67Knowledge67and67Science:67Integration67of67knowledge67from67nursing67and67other67disciplines.
Nursing/Integrated67Concepts:67Nursing67Process:67Implementation
Learning67Outcome:671-
167Identify67key67events67in67the67history67of67pharmacology.67MNL67Learning67Outco
me:671.1.167Apply67basic67concepts67related67to67pharmacology.67Page67Number:673
Question672
67Type:67MC
SA
The67student67nurse67asks67the67nursing67instructor67why67he67needs67to67take67anatomy67and67physiology,67as67well67as
67microbiology,67when67he67only67wants67to67learn67about67pharmacology.67What67is67the67best67response67by67the67i
nstructor?
1. "Because67pharmacology67is67an67outgrowth67of67those67subjects."
2. "You67must67learn67all,67since67those67subjects,67as67well67as67pharmacology,67are67part67of67the67curriculum."
3. "Knowledge67of67all67those67subjects67will67prepare67you67to67provide67the67best67patient67care,67including67the67ad
ministration67of67medications."
4. "Because67an67understanding67of67those67subjects67is67essential67to67understanding67pharmacology."
Correct67Answer:674
Rationale671:67Pharmacology67is67an67outgrowth67of67anatomy,67physiology,67and67microbiology,67but67this67is67not67the67mo
st67complete67reason67for67the67nurse67to67learn67them.
Rationale672:67The67nurse67must67learn67anatomy,67physiology,67and67microbiology67to67understand67pharmacology,67not
67because67they67are67part67of67the67curriculum.
Rationale673:67Knowledge67of67anatomy,67physiology,67and67microbiology67prepares67the67nurse67to67unde
rstand67pharmacology,67not67to67provide67care67such67as67administration67of67medications.
Rationale674:67It67is67essential67for67the67nurse67to67have67a67broad67knowledge67base67of67many67sciences67in67order67to67le
arn67pharmacology.
Global67Rationale:67It67is67essential67for67the67nurse67to67have67a67broad67knowledge67base67of67many67sciences67in67
order67to67learn67pharmacology.67The67nurse67must67learn67anatomy,67physiology,67and67microbiology67to67understand6
7pharmacology,67not67because67they67are67part67of67the67curriculum.67Pharmacology67is67an67outgrowth67of67anatomy,67p
hysiology,67and67microbiology,67but67this67is67not67the67reason67for67the67nurse67to67learn67them.67Knowledge67of67ana
tomy,67physiology,67and67microbiology67prepares67the67nurse67to67understand67pharmacology,67not67to67provide67car
e67such67as67administration67of67medications.
Cognitive67Level:67Applying
, Client67Need:67Physiological67Integrity
Client67Need67Sub:67Pharmacological67and67Parenteral67Therapies