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Basic and Clinical Pharmacology 15th Edition Katzung Trevor Test Bank
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Chapter 1. Introduction: The Nature of Drugs & Drug Development & Regulation
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1.
A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is hav
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ing a computed tomography (CT) scan. The nurse working on the oncolog
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y unit administers chemotherapy to patients who have cancer. At the Publi
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c Health Department, a nurse administers a measles-mumps-
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rubella (MMR) vaccine toa 14-month-
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old child as a routine immunization. Which branch of pharmacology best d
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escribes 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
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involved with clinical pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is a
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branch of pharmacology that deals with the uses of drugs to treat, prevent,
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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 tre
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at adisease. Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs involved in drug thera
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py.
Pharmacodynamics involves how a drug affects the body a xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
ndpharmacokinetics is how the body acts on the body.
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2.
A physician has ordered intramuscular (IM) injections of morphine, a n
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arcotic, every 4 hours as needed for pain in a motor vehicle accident victi
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m.The nurse is aware this drug has a high abuse potential. Under what cat
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egorywould morphine be classified?
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