PHARMACOLOGY FOR NURSES A PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL APPROACH 6TH EDITION ADAMS TEST BANK
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proach 6th Edition Adams Test Bank zh zh zh zh zh
Pharmacology for Nurses, 6e (Adams) Chap zh zh zh zh zh
ter 1 Introduction to Pharmacology
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1) A nurse is reviewing key events in the history of pharmacology with a student nurse. Whi
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ch student comment indicates an understanding?
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1. "Early researchers used themselves as test subjects."
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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."zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh
4. "Pharmacologists began synthesizing drugs in the laboratory in the nineteenth century. zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh
" Answer: 1
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Explanation:
1. Some early researchers, like Friedrich Serturner, used themselves as test subjects.
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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, curare, an
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d cocaine, but not penicillin.
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4. By the twentieth century, pharmacologists could synthesize drugs in the laborator
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y. Page Ref: 3
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Cognitive Level: Applying zh z h
Client Need/Sub: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies Standar
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ds: QSEN Competencies: I.A.1 Integrate understanding of multiple dimensions of patient-
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centered care: patient/family/community preferences, values; coordination and integration
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of care; information, commu n ic a t i on , a n d e ducation; physical comfort and emotional su
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pport; involvement of family and friends; and transition and continuity. | AACN Essential C
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ompetencies: I.7 Integrate the knowledge and methods of a variety of disciplines to inform
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decision making. | NLN Competencies: Knowledge and Science: Integration of
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knowledge from nursing and other disciplines. | Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: E
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valuation
Learning Outcome: 1-1 Identify key events in the history of pharmacology.
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MNL Learning Outcome: 1.1 Examine the relationship between medicine and pharmacology.
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2) A student nurse asks a nursing instructor why anatomy and physiology as well
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as microbiology are required courses when the student only wants to learn a
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bout pharmacology. What is the best response by the instructor?
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1. "Because pharmacology is an outgrowth of those subjects." zh zh zh zh zh zh zh
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." zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh
4. "An understanding of those subjects is essential to understand pharmacology.
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" Answer: 4
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Explanation:
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ot the most essential reason for the nurse to learn them.
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2. The nurse must learn anatomy, physiology, and microbiology to understan
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d pharmacology, not because they are part of the curriculum.
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3. Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and microbiology prepares the nurse to understanzh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh
d pharmacology, not to provide care such as administration of medications.
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4. It is essential for the nurse to have a broad knowledge base of many sciences in order
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to learn pharmacology. zh zh
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Cognitive Level: Applying zh z h
Client Need/Sub: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies Standar
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ds: QSEN Competencies: I.A.1 Integrate understanding of multiple dimensions of patient-
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centered care: patient/family/community preferences, values; coordination and integration
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of care; information, communication, and education; physical comfort and emotional suppo
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rt; involvement of family and friends; and transition and continuity. | AACN Essential Comp
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etencies: I.7 Integrate the knowledge and methods of a variety of disciplines to inform decis
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ion making. | NLN Competencies: Knowledge and Science: Integration of
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knowledge from nursing and other disciplines. | Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: I
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mplementation
Learning Outcome: 1- zh z h
2 Explain the interdisciplinary nature of pharmacology, giving an example of how knowledge f
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rom different sciences impacts the nurse's role in drug administration.
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MNL Learning Outcome: 1.1 Examine the relationship between medicine and pharmacology.
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3) A nurse is teaching a group of nurses about the differences between pharmacology and
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therapeutics. The nurse determines that learning has occurred when which statements a
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re made? zh
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Sele
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ct all that apply.
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1. "Pharmacology is the development of medicines." zh zh zh zh zh
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3. "Therapeutics relates to drug use to treat suffering." zh zh zh zh zh zh zh
4. "Therapeutics is the study of drug interactions." zh zh zh zh zh zh
5. "Pharmacology is the study of drugs to prevent disease. zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh
" Answer: 2, 3, 5
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Explanation:
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n. Page Ref: 4
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Cognitive Level: Applying zh z h
Client Need/Sub: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies Standar
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ds: QSEN Competencies: I.A.1 Integrate understanding of multiple dimensions of patient-
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centered care: patient/family/community preferences, values; coordination and integration
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of care; information, communication, and education; physical comfort and emotional suppo
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rt; involvement of family and friends; and transition and continuity. | AACN Essential Comp
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etencies: I.7 Integrate the knowledge and methods of a variety of disciplines to inform decis
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ion making. | NLN Competencies: Knowledge and Science: Integration of
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knowledge from nursing and other disciplines. | Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: E
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valuation
Learning Outcome: 1-3 Compare and contrast therapeutics and pharmacology.
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MNL Learning Outcome: 1.1 Examine the relationship between medicine and pharmacology.
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4) A nurse administers a vaccine to a client. What is the nurse's best understanding as
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it relates to the manufacture of a vaccine?
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1. The vaccine is produced by natural plant extracts in the laboratory.
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2. The vaccine is naturally produced in animal cells or microorganisms.
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3. The vaccine is produced by a combination of animal and plant products.
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4. The vaccine is most commonly synthesized in a laboratory
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. Answer: 2
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Explanation:
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2. Vaccines are naturally produced in animal cells, microorganisms, or by the body itself.
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3. Vaccines are not produced by a combination of animal and plant products.
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4. Vaccines are not synthesized in a laboratory. zh zh zh zh zh zh
Page Ref: 4
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Cognitive Level: Applying zh z h
Client Need/Sub: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
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Standards: QSEN Competencies: III.A.1 Demonstrate knowledge of basic scientific methods an
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d processes. | AACN Essential Competencies: IX.3 Implement holistic, patient-
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centered care that reflects an understanding of human growth and development, pathophysi
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ology, pharmacology, medical management, and nursing management across the health-
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illness continuum, across lifespan, and in all healthcare settings. | NLN Competencies: Knowl
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edge and Science: Integration of knowledge from nursing and other disciplines. | Nursing/Int
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egrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Evaluation
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Learning Outcome: 1-4 Compare and contrast traditional drugs, biologics, and complementary
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and alternative medicine therapies.
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MNL Learning Outcome: 1.1 Examine the relationship between medicine and pharmacology.
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Pharmacology For Nurses A Pathophysiological Ap zh zh zh zh zh
proach 6th Edition Adams Test Bank zh zh zh zh zh
Pharmacology for Nurses, 6e (Adams) Chap zh zh zh zh zh
ter 1 Introduction to Pharmacology
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1) A nurse is reviewing key events in the history of pharmacology with a student nurse. Whi
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ch student comment indicates an understanding?
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1. "Early researchers used themselves as test subjects."
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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."zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh
4. "Pharmacologists began synthesizing drugs in the laboratory in the nineteenth century. zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh
" Answer: 1
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Explanation:
1. Some early researchers, like Friedrich Serturner, used themselves as test subjects.
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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, curare, an
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d cocaine, but not penicillin.
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4. By the twentieth century, pharmacologists could synthesize drugs in the laborator
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y. Page Ref: 3
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Cognitive Level: Applying zh z h
Client Need/Sub: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies Standar
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ds: QSEN Competencies: I.A.1 Integrate understanding of multiple dimensions of patient-
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centered care: patient/family/community preferences, values; coordination and integration
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of care; information, commu n ic a t i on , a n d e ducation; physical comfort and emotional su
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pport; involvement of family and friends; and transition and continuity. | AACN Essential C
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ompetencies: I.7 Integrate the knowledge and methods of a variety of disciplines to inform
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decision making. | NLN Competencies: Knowledge and Science: Integration of
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knowledge from nursing and other disciplines. | Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: E
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valuation
Learning Outcome: 1-1 Identify key events in the history of pharmacology.
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MNL Learning Outcome: 1.1 Examine the relationship between medicine and pharmacology.
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2) A student nurse asks a nursing instructor why anatomy and physiology as well
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as microbiology are required courses when the student only wants to learn a
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bout pharmacology. What is the best response by the instructor?
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1. "Because pharmacology is an outgrowth of those subjects." zh zh zh zh zh zh zh
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." zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh
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 this is n zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh
ot the most essential reason for the nurse to learn them.
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2. The nurse must learn anatomy, physiology, and microbiology to understan
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d pharmacology, not because they are part of the curriculum.
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3. Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and microbiology prepares the nurse to understanzh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh
d pharmacology, not to provide care such as administration of medications.
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4. It is essential for the nurse to have a broad knowledge base of many sciences in order
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to learn pharmacology. zh zh
Page Ref: 3 zh zh
Cognitive Level: Applying zh z h
Client Need/Sub: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies Standar
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ds: QSEN Competencies: I.A.1 Integrate understanding of multiple dimensions of patient-
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centered care: patient/family/community preferences, values; coordination and integration
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of care; information, communication, and education; physical comfort and emotional suppo
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rt; involvement of family and friends; and transition and continuity. | AACN Essential Comp
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etencies: I.7 Integrate the knowledge and methods of a variety of disciplines to inform decis
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ion making. | NLN Competencies: Knowledge and Science: Integration of
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knowledge from nursing and other disciplines. | Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: I
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mplementation
Learning Outcome: 1- zh z h
2 Explain the interdisciplinary nature of pharmacology, giving an example of how knowledge f
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rom different sciences impacts the nurse's role in drug administration.
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MNL Learning Outcome: 1.1 Examine the relationship between medicine and pharmacology.
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2
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3) A nurse is teaching a group of nurses about the differences between pharmacology and
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therapeutics. The nurse determines that learning has occurred when which statements a
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re made? zh
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Sele
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ct all that apply.
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1. "Pharmacology is the development of medicines." zh zh zh zh zh
2. "Pharmacology is the study of medicines." zh zh zh zh zh
3. "Therapeutics relates to drug use to treat suffering." zh zh zh zh zh zh zh
4. "Therapeutics is the study of drug interactions." zh zh zh zh zh zh
5. "Pharmacology is the study of drugs to prevent disease. zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh
" Answer: 2, 3, 5
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Explanation:
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3. Therapeutics is the use of drugs in the treatment of suffering. zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh
4. Therapeutics is not related to study of drug interactions. zh zh zh zh zh zh zh zh
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n. Page Ref: 4
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Cognitive Level: Applying zh z h
Client Need/Sub: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies Standar
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ds: QSEN Competencies: I.A.1 Integrate understanding of multiple dimensions of patient-
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centered care: patient/family/community preferences, values; coordination and integration
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of care; information, communication, and education; physical comfort and emotional suppo
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rt; involvement of family and friends; and transition and continuity. | AACN Essential Comp
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etencies: I.7 Integrate the knowledge and methods of a variety of disciplines to inform decis
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ion making. | NLN Competencies: Knowledge and Science: Integration of
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knowledge from nursing and other disciplines. | Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: E
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valuation
Learning Outcome: 1-3 Compare and contrast therapeutics and pharmacology.
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MNL Learning Outcome: 1.1 Examine the relationship between medicine and pharmacology.
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3
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4) A nurse administers a vaccine to a client. What is the nurse's best understanding as
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it relates to the manufacture of a vaccine?
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1. The vaccine is produced by natural plant extracts in the laboratory.
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2. The vaccine is naturally produced in animal cells or microorganisms.
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3. The vaccine is produced by a combination of animal and plant products.
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4. The vaccine is most commonly synthesized in a laboratory
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. Answer: 2
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Explanation:
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2. Vaccines are naturally produced in animal cells, microorganisms, or by the body itself.
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3. Vaccines are not produced by a combination of animal and plant products.
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4. Vaccines are not synthesized in a laboratory. zh zh zh zh zh zh
Page Ref: 4
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Cognitive Level: Applying zh z h
Client Need/Sub: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
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Standards: QSEN Competencies: III.A.1 Demonstrate knowledge of basic scientific methods an
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d processes. | AACN Essential Competencies: IX.3 Implement holistic, patient-
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centered care that reflects an understanding of human growth and development, pathophysi
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ology, pharmacology, medical management, and nursing management across the health-
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illness continuum, across lifespan, and in all healthcare settings. | NLN Competencies: Knowl
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edge and Science: Integration of knowledge from nursing and other disciplines. | Nursing/Int
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egrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Evaluation
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Learning Outcome: 1-4 Compare and contrast traditional drugs, biologics, and complementary
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and alternative medicine therapies.
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MNL Learning Outcome: 1.1 Examine the relationship between medicine and pharmacology.
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4
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