FOCUS ON NURSING PHARMACOLOGY
TEST BANK
(8TH EDITION BY KARCH) WITH 1 -59
CHAPTERS.
,
,
, Chapter 01 - Introduction to Drugs
A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a computed tomography(CT) scan. The
nurse working on the oncology unit administers chemotherapy to patients who have cancer. At the Public
Health Department, a nurse administers a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to a 14-month-old child
as a routine immunization. Which branch of pharmacology best describes the actions of all three nurses?
Pharmacoeconomics
Pharmacotherapeutics
Pharmacodynamics
Pharmacokinetics Ans:
B
Feedback:
Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals. Nurses are involved with clinical
pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is a branch of pharmacology that deals with the uses of drugs to
treat, prevent, and diagnose disease. The radiology nurse is administering a drug to help diagnose a
disease. The oncology nurse is administering a drug to help treat a disease.
Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs involved in drug therapy. Pharmacodynamics involves how a drug
affects the body and pharmacokinetics is how the body acts on the body.
A physician has ordered intramuscular (IM) injections of morphine, a narcotic, every 4 hours as neededfor pain in a
motor vehicle accident victim. The nurse is aware this drug has a high abuse potential. Under what
category would morphine be classified?
Schedule I
Schedule II
Schedule III
Schedule IV
Ans: B
TEST BANK
(8TH EDITION BY KARCH) WITH 1 -59
CHAPTERS.
,
,
, Chapter 01 - Introduction to Drugs
A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a computed tomography(CT) scan. The
nurse working on the oncology unit administers chemotherapy to patients who have cancer. At the Public
Health Department, a nurse administers a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to a 14-month-old child
as a routine immunization. Which branch of pharmacology best describes the actions of all three nurses?
Pharmacoeconomics
Pharmacotherapeutics
Pharmacodynamics
Pharmacokinetics Ans:
B
Feedback:
Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals. Nurses are involved with clinical
pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is a branch of pharmacology that deals with the uses of drugs to
treat, prevent, and diagnose disease. The radiology nurse is administering a drug to help diagnose a
disease. The oncology nurse is administering a drug to help treat a disease.
Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs involved in drug therapy. Pharmacodynamics involves how a drug
affects the body and pharmacokinetics is how the body acts on the body.
A physician has ordered intramuscular (IM) injections of morphine, a narcotic, every 4 hours as neededfor pain in a
motor vehicle accident victim. The nurse is aware this drug has a high abuse potential. Under what
category would morphine be classified?
Schedule I
Schedule II
Schedule III
Schedule IV
Ans: B
