Test bank for pharmacology for nurses a pathophysiologic approach 6th edition by michael adams norman holland carol urban

TEST BANK
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Pharmacology for Nurses-A Pathophysiologic Approach,
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7th Edition (Adams, 2024), Chapters 1 - 50
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,TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1 Introduction to Pharmacology
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1) A nurse is reviewing key events in the history of pharmacology with a student nurse.Which
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student comment indicates an understanding?
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1. "Early researchers used themselves as test subjects." b b b b b b



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." b b b b b b b b b b b




4. "Pharmacologists began synthesizing drugs in the laboratory in the nineteenthcentury." b b b b b b b b b b



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Explanation:
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1. Some early researchers, like Friedrich Serturner, used themselves as testsubjects.
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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,
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and cocaine, but not penicillin.
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4. By the twentieth century, pharmacologists could synthesize drugs in thelaboratory.
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Client Need/Sub: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies Standards:
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bQSEN Competencies: I.A.1 Integrate understanding of multiple dimensions of patient-centered
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care: patient/family/community preferences, values; coordination and integration of care;
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information, communication, and education; physical comfort and emotional support; involvement
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of family and friends; and transition and continuity.
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| AACN Essential Competencies: I.7 Integrate the knowledge and methods of a variety ofdisciplines to
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inform decision making. | NLN Competencies: Knowledge and Science: Integration of knowledge
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from nursing and other disciplines. | Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Evaluation
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Learning Outcome: 1-1 Identify key events in the history of pharmacology. MNL Learning
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Outcome: 1.1 Examine the relationship between medicine andpharmacology.
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2) A student nurse asks a nursing instructor why anatomy and physiology as well asmicrobiology
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are required courses when the student only wants to learn about pharmacology. What is the
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best response by the instructor?
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1. "Because pharmacology is an outgrowth of those subjects." b b b b b b b



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." b b b b b b b b b b




4. "An understanding of those subjects is essential to understand pharmacology."ANS; 4
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Explanation:
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the most essential reason for the nurse to learn them.
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2. The nurse must learn anatomy, physiology, and microbiology to
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understandpharmacology, not because they are part of the curriculum.
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