Test Bank For Focus On Nursing Pharmacology 6th Edition

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Table of Contents
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Chapter 01- Introduction to Drugs
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Chapter 02- Drugs and the Body
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Chapter 03- Toxic Effects of Drugs
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Chapter 04- The Nursing Process in Drug Therapy and Patient Safety
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Chapter 05- Dosage Calculations
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Chapter 06- Challenges to Effective Drug Therapy
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Chapter 07- Introduction to Cell Physiology
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bChapter 08- Anti-infective Agents
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Chapter 09- Antibiotics
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Chapter 10- Antiviral Agents
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Chapter 11- Antifungal Agents
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Chapter 12- Antiprotozoal Agents
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Chapter 13- Anthelmintic Agents
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Chapter 14- Antineoplastic Agents
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Chapter 15- Introduction to the Immune Response and Inflammation
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Chapter 16- Anti-inflammatory, Antiarthritis, and Related Agents
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Chapter 17- Immune Modulators
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Chapter 18- Vaccines and Sera
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Chapter 19- Introduction to Nerves and the Nervous System
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Chapter 20- Anxiolytic and Hypnotic Agents
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Chapter 21- Antidepressant Agents
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Chapter 22- Psychotherapeutic Agents
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Chapter 23- Antiseizure Agents
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bChapter 24- Antiparkinsonism Agents
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Chapter 25- Muscle Relaxants
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Chapter 26- Narcotics, Narcotic Antagonists, and Antimigraine Agents
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Chapter 27- General and Local Anesthetic Agents
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Chapter 28- Neuromuscular Junction Blocking Agents
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Chapter 29- Introduction to the Autonomic Nervous System
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Chapter 30- Adrenergic Agonists
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Chapter 31- Adrenergic Antagonists
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Chapter 32- Cholinergic Agonists
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Chapter 33- Anticholinergic Agents
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Chapter 34- Introduction to the Endocrine System
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Chapter 35- Hypothalamic and Pituitary Agents
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Chapter 36- Adrenocortical Agents
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Chapter 37- Thyroid and Parathyroid Agents
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Chapter 38- Agents to Control Blood Glucose Levels
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Chapter 39- Introduction to the Reproductive System
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Chapter 40- Drugs Affecting the Female Reproductive System
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Chapter 41- Drugs Affecting the Male Reproductive System
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Chapter 42- Introduction to the Cardiovascular System
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bChapter 43- Drugs Affecting Blood Pressure
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Chapter 44- Agents for Treating Heart Failure
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Chapter 45- Antiarrhythmic Agents
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Chapter 46- Antianginal Agents
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Chapter 47- Lipid-Lowering Agents
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Chapter 48- Drugs Affecting Blood Coagulation
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Chapter 49- Drugs Used to Treat Anemias
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Chapter 50- Introduction to the Renal System
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Chapter 51- Diuretic Agents
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Chapter 52- Drugs Affecting the Urinary Tract and the Bladder
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Chapter 53- Introduction to the Respiratory System
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Chapter 54- Drugs Acting on the Upper Respiratory Tract
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Chapter 55- Drugs Acting on the Lower Respiratory Tract
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Chapter 56- Introduction to the Gastrointestinal System
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Chapter 57- Drugs Affecting Gastrointestinal Secretions
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Chapter 58- Drugs Affecting Gastrointestinal Motility
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Chapter 59- Antiemetic Agents
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Chapter 01- Introduction to Drugs
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1. A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a computed tomography
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(CT) scan. The nurse working on the oncology unit administers chemotherapy to patients who have
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cancer. At the Public Health Department, a nurse administers a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR)
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vaccine to a 14-month-old child as a routine immunization. Which branch of pharmacology best
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describes the actions of all three nurses?
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A) Pharmacoeconomics


B) Pharmacotherapeutics


C) Pharmacodynamics


D) Pharmacokinetics


Ans: B


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Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals. Nurses are involved with clinical
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pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is a branch of pharmacology that deals with the uses of
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drugs to treat, prevent, and diagnose disease. The radiology nurse is administering a drug to help
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diagnose a disease. The oncology nurse is administering a drug to help treat a disease.
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Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs involved in drug therapy. Pharmacodynamics involves how a b b b b b b b b b b b



drug affects the body and pharmacokinetics is how the body acts on the body.
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2. A physician has ordered intramuscular (IM) injections of morphine, a narcotic, every 4 hours as needed for
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pain in a motor vehicle accident victim. The nurse is aware this drug has a high abuse potential. Under
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what category would morphine be classified?
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A) Schedule I b




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Ans: B


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Narcotics with a high abuse potential are classified as Schedule II drugs because of severe dependence
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