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The nurse is teaching a pharmacology class to a group of student nurses. Which key events
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does the nurse include in the history of pharmacology?
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Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
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Standard Text: Select all that apply.
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1. Early researchers used themselves and animals as test subjects.
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2. Pharmacologists began to synthesize drugs in the laboratory in the 20th century.
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3. Modern pharmacology began in the mid-1600s.
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4. The first drugs included morphine, cocaine, and penicillin.
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5. The Dark Ages provided much useful information that we still use today.
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Rationale 1: Early researchers did use themselves and animals as test subjects.
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Rationale 2: Pharmacologists did begin to synthesize drugs in the laboratory in the 20th
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,Rationale 3: Modern pharmacology began in the 1800s, not 1600s.
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Rationale 4: The first drugs included morphine and cocaine, but not penicillin.
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Rationale 5: Little is known about pharmacology during the Dark Ages.
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Global Rationale: The nurse would state that early researchers did use themselves and
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mn animals as test subjects; pharmacologists did begin to synthesize drugs in the laboratory
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mn in the 20th century; and modern pharmacology began in the 1800s, not 1600s. The first
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drugs included morphine and cocaine, but not penicillin. Little is known about
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Although all areas of medicine, including pharmacology, have made great advances in the
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last century, the early roots of pharmacology still apply for the nurse and other health
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mn professionals. What were the early roots of pharmacology?
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1. Applying products to relieve human suffering
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2. Creating new drugs as quickly as possible
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, 3. Finding medicinal alternatives to plants
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Rationale 1: The early root of pharmacology was to relieve human suffering.
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Rationale 2: The early root of pharmacology was not to create new drugs quickly.
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Rationale 3: Early pharmacology involved using plants to relieve symptoms of suffering.
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Rationale 4: The early root of pharmacology was not to understand how drugs take their
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Global Rationale: The early root of pharmacology was to relieve human suffering, not to
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pharmacology did involve using plants to relieve symptoms of suffering.
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Question
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Although many substances can be considered drugs, which drug definition is the most
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1. Any substance that is found in nature or that normally occurs in the body
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2. Any substance that is synthesized and tested in the laboratory setting
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3. Any substance that is taken to prevent, cure, or reduce symptoms of a medical condition
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