Test Bank for Lehne's Pharmacology for Nursing Care, 11th Edition by Jacqueline Burchum, Laura Rosenthal (Complete 112 Chapters)

,Chapter 1: Orientation to Pharmacology T
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1. The nurse is teaching a patient how a medication works to treat an illness. To do this, t
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he nurse will rely on knowledge of:
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c. pharmacokinetics.
d. pharmacotherapeutics.
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Pharmacotherapeutics is the study of the use of drugs to diagnose, treat, and prevent condit gw gw gw gw gw gw gw gw gw gw gw gw gw gw



ions. Clinical pharmacology is concerned with all aspects of drug–
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human interactions. Drug efficacy measures the extent to which a given drug causes an inte
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Pharmacokinetics is the study of the impact of the body on a drug. gw gw gw gw gw gw gw gw gw gw gw gw




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REF: Four Basic Terms TOP: Nursing Process: Implement
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ation
MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Physiologic Integrity: Pharmacologic and Parenteral Therapies
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2. What does it mean when a drug is described as easy to administer?
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a. It can be stored indefinitely without need for refrigeration.
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b. It does not interact significantly with other medications.
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c. It enhances patient adherence to the drug regimen.
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d. It is usually relatively inexpensive to produce.
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A major benefit of drugs that are easy to administer is that patients taking them are more lik
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ely to comply with the drug regimen. Drugs that are easy to give may have the other attrib
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utes listed, but those properties are independent of ease of administration.
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REF: Additional Properties of an Ideal Drug: Ease of Administration T
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OP: Nursing Process: Assessment
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MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Physiologic Integrity: Pharmacologic and Parenteral Therapies
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3. A patient tells the nurse that he was told by the prescriber that the analgesic he is taking
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is very effective. Which statement by the patient demonstrates an understanding of the dru
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g‘s effectiveness?
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a. ―I don‘t have to worry about toxicity, since it takes a large amount of this drug to
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cause an overdose.‖
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b. ―It has no side effects and doesn‘t interact with other drugs.‖
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,c. ―I only have to take it every 12 hours.‖
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d. ―It might make me sleepy, and it lessens pain for several hours at a time.‖
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, ANS: D
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